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The reason is that they basically rely on using the Oniguruma regret engine, and reimplementing that in JS would be hella slow.
by trishume 10y ago
The reason is that they basically rely on using the Oniguruma regret engine, and reimplementing that in JS would be hella slow.
- algorithmsRcool 10y ago> using the Oniguruma regret engine I'm surprised I've never seen that typo for regex before. It's wonderful.
- WildUtah 10y agoSometimes you feel a regret. "I know!" you say, "I'll fix things with regretular expressions." Now you have two regrets.
- nickpeterson 10y agoMaybe "I'll fix this with expressions of regret."
- trishume 10y agolol I typed that on an IOS device correctly but it autocompleted it since "regex" isn't a real word apparently.
- Sean1708 10y agoWell no, it's a portmanteau of "regular" and "expression".