I was trying not to mention backtracking. Which, of course,… - Larry Wall

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I was trying not to mention backtracking. Which, of course, means that yours is 'righter' than mine, in a theoretical sense.

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Larry Arnold Wall (born September 27, 1954) is a programmer, best known as the creator of the Perl programming language.

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I was trying not to mention backtracking. Which, of course, means that yours is 'righter' than mine, in a theoretical sense. - Larry Wall

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