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.