Re: poll ideas quest 2009

[VinsWorldcom]

Maybe more interesting than reading 'regex' itself is how to you read an actual regex? For example:

$_ !~ /^((\d+\!)*\d+([\,\-]\d+)*:\d+([\,\-]\d+)*(\;)?)+$/

Is that "dollar sign underscore space exclamation point tilde space forward slash caret open parenthesis ..."

Or do you abbreviate: "dollar underscore bang twiddle slash hat paren ..."

[Porculus]

Am I the only person here whose mind was so warped by a childhood exposure to BASIC that he still pronounces $ as "string"? ;)

[choroba]

I still do, too. *blush*

[Ish]

I don't mean to get all technical on you but surely you mean squiggly, not twiddle?

[Jenda]

What was the last time you actually read a regex?