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		GotAnyMegadeth on Dec 4, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Lisp macros are cool, a Perl perspective (2005... Could someone explain why all of the = signs have 3D after them? $x =3D ...

jmartinpetersen on Dec 4, 2014 [–]

The link is to a web archive of a a mailing list. I'm guessing the software doesn't properly handle the quoted-printable format of the e-mail.

In QP a = is used as the escape character, and =3D is the escape sequence for =.

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