SPUG:m,n -- why?

[Creede Lambard]

On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 23:24, Michael R. Wolf wrote:
> Does anyone know the historical roots of "n" and "m" for "min" and
> "max" in the regex quantifiers?  I can never get a mnemonic for which
> is which.  (Of course, the min is to the left of the max.)  Perhaps if
> I know it's roots, I'll remember.
> 
> That is (n,m) = (0,7) in this snippet:
> 
>     if ($fruit =~ /b(an){0,7}a/) {
>         print "You've got an modular banana\n";
>     }

Well, there is an "n" in "minimum" but not in "maximum." That's my
guess.

-- 
Creede Lambard <creede at penguinsinthenight.com>
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