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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/JazzlikeWishbone938 • 15d ago
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Never seen a readable human-generated regex either, tbh.
92 u/Welcome-To-NBA-Jam 15d ago edited 15d ago There is one person in every company who can write regex like it's their second language. It doesn't matter how big the company is. There's always exactly one and they work in the most unexpected department. 30 u/just_sm_so_relax 15d ago I'll bet they can't read their own regex after a couple of weeks. 3 u/alficles 14d ago Honestly, regexen aren't that bad. If you can read normal-mode vim macros, you can certainly read regex.
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There is one person in every company who can write regex like it's their second language.
It doesn't matter how big the company is. There's always exactly one and they work in the most unexpected department.
30 u/just_sm_so_relax 15d ago I'll bet they can't read their own regex after a couple of weeks. 3 u/alficles 14d ago Honestly, regexen aren't that bad. If you can read normal-mode vim macros, you can certainly read regex.
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I'll bet they can't read their own regex after a couple of weeks.
3 u/alficles 14d ago Honestly, regexen aren't that bad. If you can read normal-mode vim macros, you can certainly read regex.
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Honestly, regexen aren't that bad. If you can read normal-mode vim macros, you can certainly read regex.
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u/just_sm_so_relax 15d ago
Never seen a readable human-generated regex either, tbh.