> A regular expression describes a computation So does the flashing light, it also has the cool advantage of being parameterized by time. > Are you saying tha

> A regular expression describes a computation So does the flashing light, it also has the cool advantage of being parameterized by time. > Are you saying that what matters most about a language is its surface syntax? Seriously? Wow. If that's what you took from that then there's a knowledge gap and it will do us no good to continue this conversation.