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From: gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack)
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Subject: Re: a sed question
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:41:57 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <slrnvmidnd.9vr.apple.universe@freight.zombinet>,
Eric Pozharski  <apple.universe@posteo.net> wrote:
>with <87msgourzu.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> Keith Thompson wrote:
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
>>> On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 21:09:25 -0800, Keith Thompson wrote:
>>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
>>>>> On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 16:36:32 -0800, Keith Thompson wrote:
>
>*SKIP* [  8 lines   5 levels deep] # there isn't anything to see
>
>> I can no longer keep up with the rapid movement of the goalposts.  I
>> see no point in continuing this discussion.
>
>Point of this (and many others) discussion is to generate engagement.
>Turns out, talking about lizard people doesn't ignite Usenet.  Who knew.

Good one.  You really got LDO's number to a T.

The funny thing is: I was the one who first brought up: Wouldn't this all
be easier/better/more-maintainable in AWK.  And I knew for a dead cold fact
that mentioning AWK would bring the Perl nuts out of the woodwork to attack
AWK and say how much better it would be to use  Perl.

I couldn't have been more prescient.

-- 
Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), who sits on the Judiciary Committee, said it was
"extremely inappropriate" for the president to nominate a Supreme Court justice on a
day ending with the letter "Y", and she said that "Biden is putting the demands of the
radical progressive left ahead of what is best for our nation."