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Reminds me of this quote from Jamie Zawinski: "Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two prob

• based2 11y ago
  http://www.rexegg.com/regex-humor.html#twoprobs http://www.rexegg.com/regex-humor.html#twoprobs
• jameshart 11y ago
  Why does this remind you of that quote? Because it's about regular expressions? Because it seems to me that if you have the problem described in this post, and you solve it the way the post describes, using regular expressions, you have solved your problem, regardless of what jzw says.
  • evilotto 11y ago
    When I'm faced with a problem, I think about using recursion. Then I have two problems. Then I think about using recursion. Then I have three problems. Then I ...
  • pkaye 11y ago
    Because people think they are clever and write difficult to maintain expressions that tend to have flaws.