SPUG:m,n -- why?

Shawn Wagner shawnw at speakeasy.org
Sat Mar 15 02:45:27 CST 2003


On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 11:24:15PM -0800, 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.
> 

My guesses.



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