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Counter argument: Oh Yes You Can Use Regexes to Parse HTML! https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4231382/what-to-do-regular-expression-pattern-doesnt-match-any
by JackeJR 6y ago
Counter argument:
Oh Yes You Can Use Regexes to Parse HTML!
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4231382/what-to-do-regular-expression-pattern-doesnt-match-anywhere-in-string/4234491#4234491 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4231382/what-to-do-regul...
Discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26357237 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26357237
- harveywi 6y agoDo the Halting Problem next.
- lucideer 6y agoCounter-counter-argument, one of the comments underneath that answer: > what you have written is not really a regular expression (modern, regular, or otherwise), but rather a Perl program that uses regular expressions heavily. Does your post really support the claim that regular expressions can parse HTML correctly? Or is it more like evidence that Perl can parse HTML correctly?