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Proof that Regex is Hate Speech! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have written dozens upon dozens of Regexes without using reverse negative lookups, but I guess according to you I don't really know Regexes because I haven't used those specific features?

You don't need to know all about a subject to know a subject.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

I'm not sure why you're bringing up efficiency, I'm not talking about that. If I don't understand a topic, I can't do things with the topic. I use Regexes, so I must at least somewhat understand Regexes.

I’m saying if you look at my code, and I write a lot of negative lookups in dev ops for data validation, you can’t read my code. It’s nothing personal.

Well, earlier you were saying that I don't know Regexes if I don't know reverse negative lookups. Funnily enough Regex101 would help me understand your code in this case, so you were wrong on that count too.