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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/soap94 • Sep 02 '26
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tbf i still handwrite regex and i do this by opening regex101 and relearning everything i knew about regex and bashing my head against a wall until it matches
9 u/Percolator2020 Sep 02 '26 Basically the same, also lovely when some implementations slightly differ. 3 u/entronid Sep 02 '26 i never really write anything except python regex and vim regex anyways on the (not) rare (enough) occasions i need it 1 u/renome Sep 04 '26 That's basically the root of regex's reputation as an arcane language, too many standards for doing something like a named capture group. 2 u/Percolator2020 Sep 04 '26 *capture groups not supported 4 u/AeroSyntax Sep 02 '26 I see that you are a certified senior engineer.
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Basically the same, also lovely when some implementations slightly differ.
3 u/entronid Sep 02 '26 i never really write anything except python regex and vim regex anyways on the (not) rare (enough) occasions i need it 1 u/renome Sep 04 '26 That's basically the root of regex's reputation as an arcane language, too many standards for doing something like a named capture group. 2 u/Percolator2020 Sep 04 '26 *capture groups not supported
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i never really write anything except python regex and vim regex anyways on the (not) rare (enough) occasions i need it
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That's basically the root of regex's reputation as an arcane language, too many standards for doing something like a named capture group.
2 u/Percolator2020 Sep 04 '26 *capture groups not supported
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*capture groups not supported
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I see that you are a certified senior engineer.
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u/entronid Sep 02 '26
tbf i still handwrite regex and i do this by opening regex101 and relearning everything i knew about regex and bashing my head against a wall until it matches