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Can I use a variable for a regexp or other pattern? 2 16 (3/26/2012 3:36:33 PM) comp.lang.tcl Can I use a variable for a regexp pattern or other pattern? For example regexp {[a-z]\.txt} $string filename I want to assign "[a-z]\.txt" to a variable and then do something like regexp {$regExpression} $st... Fritz

Happy Birthday to Pete Dashwood! 1 29 (3/21/2012 10:07:55 PM) comp.lang.cobol Pete, from me (Fritz, Nomen etc.) Happy Birthday! Thanks for your long participation and leadership in this forum. Although you have less regard for COBOL than before you never fail to give your time generousl... Fritz

Anybody understand VMWare offerings? 6 119 (3/19/2012 8:33:00 PM) comp.unix.solaris When I go to VirtualBox.org all I have to do is select my operating host platform and I get rolling with VirtualBox. When I go to the VMWare site I am confronted with tons of marketing collateral (ie bullshit) ... Fritz

Issue shell commands and capture all output? 2 17 (3/19/2012 12:03:39 PM) comp.lang.tcl Is there a way to issue shell commands and capture all the output? I tried eval but it is not doing what I wanted and catch also doesn't seem to help. The shell command outputs several lines of text and it is n... Fritz

Is Microsoft preparing for a Windows 8 flop? 54 12 (3/2/2012 3:05:41 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy https://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/is-microsoft-hoping-for-the-best- but-preparing-for-the-worst-with-windows-8/18580?tag=search-results- rivers;item11 I'm convinced that Windows 8 will be such a huge flop th... Fritz

Zero-Day Android drive-by download attack in the wild 0 10 (3/2/2012 1:24:59 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Android drive-by download attack http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/android-drive-by-download-attack-via-phishing-sms/10422 He then conducted an experiment in which malware was delivered through a classic �sp... Android

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Anti-Loop 105 35 (3/7/2012 9:48:18 AM) comp.lang.lisp In PCL, there is a chapter promoting the use of the COBOL-like LOOP. I think that the examples can be done more elegantly without LOOP by using NewLisp. The low, loopy way: (loop for i upto 10 collect i) ... w_a_x_man (2782)

test2 #3 2 34 (3/28/2012 9:28:15 PM) comp.programming test2 ... aminer (401)