The story of E, part 2 (fwd)

[Ka-Ping Yee]

On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Dan Bornstein wrote:

> Ka-Ping Yee writes:
> >I forget who else uses the ellipsis in this fashion other than Perl,
> 
> Uh, Pascal?
> 
> -dan, the de-facto historian for the list, apparently

Augh.  Of course.  <whack on the forehead>

Okay, i claim the prize for the most brain-farts in one sentence...

    I forget who else uses the ellipsis in this fashion other than Perl,
    but i'm have the impression that some other languages do and i've
    don't think i've ever seen closed-open as the default interpretation.


yours among the grammatically challenged,


Ping
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