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Jeffrey Friedl's "Mastering Regular Expressions" was my gateway into Perl and server-side programming so you'll excuse me if I don't buy(!) one of your licences

by cutler 3y ago

Jeffrey Friedl's "Mastering Regular Expressions" was my gateway into Perl and server-side programming so you'll excuse me if I don't buy(!) one of your licences. Regular expressions used intelligently are amazing.

singingfish 3y ago
here you go - have a 2504 line regex that parses perl code (and passes all the tests the other perl static analysis parser PPI passes): https://metacpan.org/dist/PPR/source/lib/PPR.pm#L67 https://metacpan.org/dist/PPR/source/lib/PPR.pm#L67
- cutler 3y ago
  Only The Damian. How I miss Perl culture now that I have to use other languages.
harry8 3y ago
That imho is one of the best, if not the best written programming texts I've ever read. The Fine Article is a an attempted comedic "regex considered harmful" but I think people who have read Friedl are actually completely qualified.
- cutler 3y ago
  Yes, along with "Programming Perl" by Larry Wall et al.
  - woleium 3y ago
    Free the camel! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36648949 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36648949