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0 pointsflukus9y ago0 comments

> The ADM-3A also explains why shells use ‘~’ to represent the home directory.

Is that also the origin of '^' being start of line in a regex?

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kps9y ago

Good guess, but no. The ADM-3A dates to 1976, but the regular expression syntax is definitely earlier: https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/qedman.html

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0 pointsflukus9y ago0 comments

> The ADM-3A also explains why shells use ‘~’ to represent the home directory.

Is that also the origin of '^' being start of line in a regex?

kps9y ago

Good guess, but no. The ADM-3A dates to 1976, but the regular expression syntax is definitely earlier: https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/qedman.html

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