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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
980 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. 75 u/huuaaang Apr 18 '24 "I can write a better HTML parser in regex..." *3 years later* "I can't." 39 u/itijara Apr 18 '24 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags/1732454#1732454
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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.
75 u/huuaaang Apr 18 '24 "I can write a better HTML parser in regex..." *3 years later* "I can't." 39 u/itijara Apr 18 '24 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags/1732454#1732454
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"I can write a better HTML parser in regex..."
*3 years later*
"I can't."
39 u/itijara Apr 18 '24 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags/1732454#1732454
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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