Re: XML/HTML-specific ?< and ?> operators? (was Re: RFC 145 (alternate approach))

On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 03:47:57PM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> >>>>> "Mark-Jason" == Mark-Jason Dominus <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> Mark-Jason> I have some ideas about how to do this, and I will try to
> Mark-Jason> write up an RFC this week.
> 
> "You want Icon, you know where to find it..." :)

Hey, it's one of the few languages we haven't yet stolen a neat
feature or few from...  (I don't really count the few regex thingies
as full-fledged stealing, more like an experimental sleight-of-hand.)

> But yes, a way that allows programmatic backtracking sort of "inside out"
> from a regex would be nice.

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        # It is 'dead'. -- Jack Cohen