'' is one of the first special thing that computers made me look at. Even a simple msdos glob .exe felt like a superpower. regexps were the next level but a two

'' is one of the first special thing that computers made me look at. Even a simple msdos glob .exe felt like a superpower. regexps were the next level but a two edged weapon as everybody knows. That said I never leveraged PCRE extended capabilities.