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Re: Regular expressions are:

by DrWhy (Chaplain)
on Mar 10, 2009 at 23:22 UTC ( [id://749760]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Regular expressions are:

Regular expressions are a powerful tool. Like all powerful tools they are exremely dangerous in the hands of the untrained or inattentive, but magic in the hands of the expert.

--DrWhy

"If God had meant for us to think for ourselves he would have given us brains. Oh, wait..."

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Re^2: Regular expressions are:
by moritz (Cardinal) on Mar 12, 2009 at 15:41 UTC
    "Dangerous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we ourselves posses" -- Gandalf the Grey
[reply]
      Well said.

      --DrWhy

      "If God had meant for us to think for ourselves he would have given us brains. Oh, wait..."

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