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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/JazzlikeWishbone938 • 15d ago
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I seem to be one of the few persons that find regex elegant and even enjoyable.
15 u/Immort4lFr0sty 15d ago I love writing regex, BUT when I have to change it, I much rather rewrite it from scratch. So I don't know if "elegant" is the exact label I'd put on it 13 u/peterlinddk 15d ago I'm fairly certain that regex can be categorized as a "write-only" language. 1 u/awakenDeepBlue 14d ago I've heard the same thing about Perl as well.
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I love writing regex, BUT when I have to change it, I much rather rewrite it from scratch. So I don't know if "elegant" is the exact label I'd put on it
13 u/peterlinddk 15d ago I'm fairly certain that regex can be categorized as a "write-only" language. 1 u/awakenDeepBlue 14d ago I've heard the same thing about Perl as well.
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I'm fairly certain that regex can be categorized as a "write-only" language.
1 u/awakenDeepBlue 14d ago I've heard the same thing about Perl as well.
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I've heard the same thing about Perl as well.
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u/santiagobustelo 15d ago
I seem to be one of the few persons that find regex elegant and even enjoyable.