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From: rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Frequently Asked Questions about Perl - with Answers [Monthly posting]
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Date: 11 Mar 91 19:41:16 GMT
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In article <1991Mar08.131601.23812@convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes:
>From the keyboard of emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti):
>:Speaking of which, what's the limits on the number of parentheses that
>:a regular expression can have?  I got an unpleasant message
>
>Nine.  To accept more, Larry would have to change the code that
>recognizes \1 .. \9 and $1 .. .$9.

True enuf. I have a suggestion, however. Ksh allows ${12} to get the
twelfth parameter on the command line. Perl could do the same.

On the other hand \12 would be harder.
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