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I was thinking about this question and it occurred to me. The programmers who probably don't need to know regexes[1] almost certainly already learned them. So

I was thinking about this question and it occurred to me. The programmers who probably don't need to know regexes[1] almost certainly already learned them. So I guess that's a yes. [1] Thinking of embedded systems developers creating code for, say, automotive entertainment systems, or control code for scientific or medical hardware.

DavidSJ 14y ago
[1] Thinking of embedded systems developers creating code for, say, automotive entertainment systems, or control code for scientific or medical hardware. Don't they have log files to read?
- einhverfr 14y ago
  That's what grep is for ;-) But the point is I can't imagine someone getting to that point without previously having learned it.
  - DavidSJ 14y ago
    Err, grep uses regular expressions.
    - einhverfr 14y ago
      You don't need to know regular expressions to use grep for reviewing log files though.