Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!csn!cherokee!newsat!jbw From: jbw@maverick.uswest.com (Joe Wells) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: What does an anti-perl look like Message-ID: Date: 11 Jun 91 23:59:52 GMT References: <16867@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1991Jun05.013632.3198@convex.com> <1991Jun05.220157.13416@convex.com> <541@smds.UUCP> Sender: news@cherokee.uswest.com (Telegraph Row) Followup-To: comp.lang.misc Organization: /home/zeb1/jbw/.organization Lines: 10 In-Reply-To: rh@smds.UUCP's message of 11 Jun 91 05: 13:25 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: maverick.uswest.com In article <541@smds.UUCP> rh@smds.UUCP (Richard Harter) writes: (A) Brutally stripped syntax. The only special characters are (){} and the white space characters. There are no quote characters, no meta characters and no escape character, and no need for them. Does this mean that the NUL character (0) is treated like a letter? -- Joe Wells