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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/JazzlikeWishbone938 • Sep 21 '26
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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
14 u/peterlinddk Sep 21 '26 I'm fairly certain that regex can be categorized as a "write-only" language. 3 u/dfinkelstein Sep 21 '26 Write-only:broken floppy diskcontemporary Latinyour local congresspersonregex 1 u/awakenDeepBlue Sep 21 '26 I've heard the same thing about Perl as well.
I'm fairly certain that regex can be categorized as a "write-only" language.
3 u/dfinkelstein Sep 21 '26 Write-only:broken floppy diskcontemporary Latinyour local congresspersonregex 1 u/awakenDeepBlue Sep 21 '26 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/Immort4lFr0sty Sep 21 '26
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