Albeit the typical first reaction might be that of XKCD 927 (I must confess it was mine, at least), I believe that the regular expressions area is territory tha

Albeit the typical first reaction might be that of XKCD 927 (I must confess it was mine, at least), I believe that the regular expressions area is territory that could see some innovation. If told to pick just one feature from eggex, I'd choose the ability to parse statically! FWIW I think this deserves a submission of its own, so here it is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26408510 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26408510