The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive


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$ echo "the song of Wen-chi among the nomads"
the song of Wen-chi

$ "she wandered far from her homeland"; echo "homeland"
/usr/local/bin/ksh: she wandered far from her homeland:
not found homeland
$ echo "until she came to a dark valley"; "until she came to a dark valley"
until she came to a dark valley
/usr/local/bin/ksh: until she came to a dark valley: not found
$ the valley was filled with rocks and prompts
/usr/local/bin/ksh: the: not found
$ echo "there was writing in the rocks and writing in the prompts"
there was writing in the rocks and writing in the prompts
$ "she wandered desolate"; echo "she couldn't read"
/usr/local/bin/ksh: she wandered desolate:
not found she couldn't read
$ "no one could understand her"; echo "no one could understand her"
/usr/local/bin/ksh: no one could understand her:
not found no one could understand her
$ she was far away from home; echo "home"
/usr/local/bin/ksh: she:
not found home
$ someone would come and move the prompt and help her; echo "S"
/usr/local/bin/ksh: someone: not found
S
$ someone would write and someone would read
/usr/local/bin/ksh: someone: not found
$ someone would speak and someone would listen
/usr/local/bin/ksh: someone: not found
$ "this is her sound by the prompt"; echo "this is her sound by the prompt"
/usr/local/bin/ksh: this is her sound by the prompt: not found
this is her sound by the prompt
$ $ has found this lonely woman
/usr/local/bin/ksh: $: not found
$ echo "$ has found this lonely woman"; echo "from the prompt";
echo "always from the prompt"
$ has found this lonely woman
from the prompt
always from the prompt
$
$ echo "the song of Wen-chi among the nomads"; the song of Wen-chi
the song of Wen-chi
/usr/local/bin/ksh: the: not found
$
$ exit


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