Subj : And they sing, "Oh, ain't you glad you're single?"
To   : Ed Vance
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Mon Jul 21 2025 21:14:57

Hej Ed!

> all of those crazy marks at the ending of some messages from you are
> actualy sixteen penguines (all I count are 15 here though).

I knew I was skirting the edge with 16, especially when they get quoted back.  So far all the terminals here have no issue with 16 as far as displaying the originals are concerned.  I am betting the 4 below you shouldn't have problems with.  Same with 8 or even 12.  16 is a tad too close to call but they are legitmate and just fit into an 80 character line.  The bash script calls 'nproc' to determine the correct amount of penguins to display.

> thanks for enlightening me!

You're welcome.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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