Message from discussion EXCLUDE Statement

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From: mbfa...@isluga.puc.cl (Miguel Farah F.)
Subject: Re: EXCLUDE Statement
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Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1993 20:30:49 GMT
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Brenda Holloway (bren...@netcom.com) wrote:
>Miguel Farah F. (mbfa...@isluga.puc.cl) wrote:
>: >EXCLUDE {label-list} 
>: >{label-list} :: {label} | {label}+{label-list}
>
>: Instead of using two 2-spots, maybe you should use a whirlpool (@)...
>: just an idea.
>
>Actually, that was just the BNF for the notation... it'd look more like
>EXCLUDE (1)+(1000)+(1030)
>in real life.

Hmmm... it's way too obvious put it that way... let's obfuscate it a
little more: something like this:

EXCLUDE ^1@^1000@^1030

The sharkfin may refer to the label (it isn't used yet, is it?)
and the whirlpool may be the list concatenator.
Just an idea...

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