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Re: autoscan.pl clean-up
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: autoscan.pl clean-up |
Date: |
29 Jan 2001 16:14:48 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.0.96 |
Akim Demaille <address@hidden> wrote:
| >>>>> "Jim" == Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:
| Jim> It was a knee-jerk reaction to seeing the warning from Perl about
| Jim> `@' in a double-quoted string,
|
| knee-jerk?
reflex, without thinking, brainless :-)
related to `dict knee':
{Knee jerk} (Physiol.) a jerk or kick produced by a blow or
sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which
causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle; one
of the so-called tendon reflexes.