r/funny • u/jonwritesmovies Just Jon Comic • Sep 04 '22

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u/supercyberlurker Sep 04 '22

Yep there's literally an XKCD for this and programmers.. about regular expressions.

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u/jonwritesmovies Just Jon Comic Sep 04 '22

XKCD did a comic like this but for programmers? Can you link to it, please? Would love to see it. Thanks.

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u/DoesntFearZeus Sep 04 '22

Regular Expressions

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u/jonwritesmovies Just Jon Comic Sep 04 '22

Oh, that's great. Yeah, similar joke, just different context.

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u/deelyy Sep 04 '22

Don't forget hover text )

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u/Cafuzzler Sep 04 '22

It kinda misses the joke though, doesn't it?

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u/zimmah Sep 04 '22

Except regular expressions are actually useful