Perhaps Larry made a spelling mistake. In any case, Cecil’s answer would have been pretty much the same. The unemployment rate among unix programmers can’t be much lower than your average eunuch.
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Then again, though, we all know that programmers, and especially Unix programmers, get laid regularly.
Right, ladies?
Please?
Depends on whether you mean regularly as in “on a frequent, predictable basis” or as in “in the usual manner.” 
RR
Or “following a set of rules for pattern matching”.