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Portability is an orthogonal concern. I agree with you that it's the reason regexes are the way they are but we could have also had better cross platform APIs.
by jimsimmons 5y ago
Portability is an orthogonal concern. I agree with you that it's the reason regexes are the way they are but we could have also had better cross platform APIs.
- Zababa 5y agoRegexes are still better than cross platform APIs, they're an abstract concept. Just like you can implement a tree or a graph in any language and transfer your "tree skills" or your "graph skills", you can do so with regexes.