"Bill Kelly" <billk / cts.com> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> > > On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:06:41 +0900, Matt Lawrence wrote:
> > > [snip] 
> > > > And, a trivial question - what does "Oniguruma" mean in English?
> 
> According to http://ruby-talk.org/36756 it means Demon Wheel....
> 
>  . . Which indeed must be about the coolest possible conceivable
> name for a regexp engine...! <grin>

Come to think of it, "Ghostwheel" was the name of the inter-dimensional
computer in the "Amber" series by Roger Zelazny.

Jim
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