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Regular expressions

Some people, when confronted with a problem, think “I know, I'll use regular expressions.”
Now they have two problems.

Code · Stuff • 16. May 2007

4 comments so far

Eric Henry 16. May 2007: Why would you say using regular expressions is a problem? I'm not saying I disagree, just wondering....

Brendan 16. May 2007

[quote]I have yet to come across so much self-righteous bullshit as when I gaze upon the massive heap of crap that is the jwz web experience.[/quote]

-- an anonymous poster to slashdot.org

amix 16. May 2007: For some reason I just thought this was a really funny quote. I have seen it a couple of times and every time I see it I think of Perl.