i feel a bit like i re-opened Pandora's box.
If you read Friedl's book before ever using regex; you might never try, because the subject seems so complicated, but millions of people get by without major problems, having never read it. If your program requires you use a lot of complex regex, and performance is a high criteria, then reading the book will save you heaps of time, experiments and blind alleys, but it's not a good starting point.
And it is a similar thing with threading; there is so much folk-law out there saying they are complicated; many people are put off from even trying; but if you start with simple requirements and progress naturally, they aren't hard to make effective use of; even if extracting the last ounce of performance from them is something of a trial by fire to get right.
It's not helped by the continued existence of so many of the early, failed attempts, to 'simplify' them into 'patterns'.
With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
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"If you read Friedl's book before ever using regex; you might never try..."
Fortunately this splendid book wasn't at my disposal when i started using Perl.
But if so i would have thrown it out of the window.
In the next step i would have deleted everything related to Perl from my box.
Thanks for motivation to continue and best regards, Karl
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