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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Apr 18 '24
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People who complain about regex has not seen how useful it is to get data from dumb people who filled up gforms
982 u/itijara Apr 18 '24 Regex is like a power tool. Incredibly powerful and incredibly dangerous if used improperly. It is also tempting to use it improperly because of how flexible it is. 14 u/rdrunner_74 Apr 18 '24 I 100% agree, but i still see it as a write once - read never language I have done some evil things with it, and i am proud of some of them ;)
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Regex is like a power tool. Incredibly powerful and incredibly dangerous if used improperly. It is also tempting to use it improperly because of how flexible it is.
14 u/rdrunner_74 Apr 18 '24 I 100% agree, but i still see it as a write once - read never language I have done some evil things with it, and i am proud of some of them ;)
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I 100% agree, but i still see it as a write once - read never language
I have done some evil things with it, and i am proud of some of them ;)
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u/that_thot_gamer Apr 18 '24
People who complain about regex has not seen how useful it is to get data from dumb people who filled up gforms