From: Tom Allison <tallison@...>
Date: 2006-10-03T18:40:45+09:00
Subject: Re: regular expressions

Paul Lutus wrote:
> Tom Allison wrote:
> 
>> I'm sorry if this has been done before, but I can't seem to find any good
>> examples:
>>
>> I'm trying to search mail messages for headers based on the following:
>>
>> config = YAML.load_file('config.yaml')
>>
>> $stdin.each do |line|
>>    puts line if line =~ /^Recevied:/ .. line =~ /by
>>    #{config['hostname']}/o
>> end
>>
>> and guess what?  It doesn't work.
> 
> Yes, it doesn't, and I think I know why. I have been hearing for years how
> it just doesn't matter whether young people learn how to spell common
> words, and I have steadfastly taken the position that it does matter.
> 

You make a pretty good example of another lost art...