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This is a style guide, not a word blacklist. They suggest not using regex because it's not as clear, especially to thought who never learned what regex is, as r
by BlueParanoia 5y ago
This is a style guide, not a word blacklist. They suggest not using regex because it's not as clear, especially to thought who never learned what regex is, as regular expression.
- josteink 5y ago> This is a style guide, not a word blacklist. You're not allowed to say that :D
- omega3 5y agoI think the reverse is actually true, more people know what regex is than what it stands for (especially if their first language isn't English). https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=regex,regular%20expressions https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=regex,regu...
- kevincox 5y agoExactly. Some acronyms are more commonly known than their "expanded" form making the former the better name to use. For example I don't see many people spelling out Hyper-Text Transport Protocol.
- blackshaw 5y agoHow could anyone with more than 5 minutes experience as a software developer possibly not know what a "regex" is?