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Mastering Regular Expressions by Jeffrey Friedl, the first edition (a.k.a. "The Perl Edition", http://regex.info/ http://regex.info/ for more information about
by dirkgadsden 15y ago
Mastering Regular Expressions by Jeffrey Friedl, the first edition (a.k.a. "The Perl Edition", http://regex.info/ http://regex.info/ for more information about the book and its editions)
It's my standard litmus test judging a programmer; if you haven't read or don't care to read a book on regular expressions, then I probably don't want to write code with you. It's also useful to remind people who think they're nerds because they own a smartphone and can download "apps" that they're in a league far below.
- hollerith 15y agoGood grief.
- pasbesoin 15y agoI worked for a time in a Java (and some other stuff) shop, and I witnessed people spending hours and iterations on code that could easily have been substituted with some not too sophisticated pattern matching. Some of the "senior developers" seemed to find the topic totally novel. I think things have changed somewhat in the last 5 - 7 years, but I can appreciate the parent's point.