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Regex flavors (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by VegOwOtenks@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Regex feels distinctly eldritch to me. Like, a lot of computing knowledge feels like magic, but regex feels like the kind of magic you get by consorting with dark forces

[–] TunaCowboy@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

regex feels like the kind of magic you get by consorting with dark forces

AKA reading the manual.

[–] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Or studying computer science and learning about finite state machines

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Im a good christian boy thats why I refuse to read the manual