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On Sat 23.Apr'11 at 10:00:01 -0600, Karl Williamson wrote:
> On 04/23/2011 09:48 AM, Tom Christiansen wrote:
> >Karl Williamson<public@khwilliamson.com> wrote
> > on Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:40:46 MDT:
> >
> >>>I always thought that Control-X meant ('X'^'@') in C, so (ord("X") ^
> >>>ord("@") in Perl, and that the reason for writing ^C is because of the
> >>>xor. I notice there's no mention of xor'ing with an "@". I like that
> >>>explanation because it explains why a ^@ is NUL, why ^? is DEL, etc.
> >
> >>Patches welcome.
> >
> >I find having to memorize lookup tables doesn't work as well for
> >me as knowing what formula to apply. But perhaps I am in the
> >minority on this.
> >
> >I'll see what I can think of, though.
> >
> >Thank you, Karl.
> >
> >--tom
> >
>
> All you need do is add is essentially what you said above.
Can I get an actual patch for this one in the next day?
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