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From: it1@ra.MsState.Edu (Tim Tsai)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Frequently Asked Questions about Perl - with Answers [Monthly posting]
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Date: 12 Mar 91 04:25:42 GMT
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>[regarding the max number of parenthesis in regexp]
>Nine.  To accept more, Larry would have to change the code that
>recognizes \1 .. \9 and $1 .. .$9.
>
>--tom

  how about shift?

-- 
  I'd never cry if I did find a blue whale in my soup...
  Nor would I mind a porcupine inside a chicken coop.
  Yes life is fine when things combine, like ham in beef chow mein...
  But Lord this time I think I mind, they've put acid in my rain. <Milo Bloom>