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Re: Bug Report for seq version 5.2.1
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: Bug Report for seq version 5.2.1 |
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Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:57:09 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
Michael Hyde <address@hidden> writes:
> seq 1 0 2
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> produces a never-ending sequences of 1's. Shouldn't it just exit with
> an error message?
In general, it's hard to predict ahead of time whether "seq" will
terminate. It's not equivalent to the halting problem, but it's
harder than it sounds. It might be better to let sleeping dogs lie.