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From: fred@gymble.UUCP (Fred Blonder)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Re: funny faces
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Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 15:04:20 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  8 15:04:20 1985
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	From: jeand@ihlpg.UUCP (AMBAR)
	Newsgroups: net.bizarre
	Subject: Re: funny faces
	
	> Further to the funny faces contest.
	> The usual.  :-)
	> And the not so usual.
	
	You forgot these series-->
					8-}	%-}	;-}
	> :-]				8-]	%-]	;-]
	> :-}				8-)	%-)	;-)
	> |-}				8-(	%-(	;-(
	> |-]
	> |-)
	> :-<				...and so forth.  How about Rich Rosen's
	> |->				trademark :-?

Why don't we just write a context-free-grammar for generating smiley faces:

    S -> E N M

    E -> :  ;  |  8  % @

    N -> -  ~

    M -> )  (  }  ]  O  *

or some such.
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