good point indeed. I spent my first years programming DSP algorythms on embedded systems. Hardly any strings used, let alone there was any need for regular expr

good point indeed. I spent my first years programming DSP algorythms on embedded systems. Hardly any strings used, let alone there was any need for regular expressions. Learning their ins and outs back then would have been a waste of time, and would have been like a bricklayer having a fork in his toolbag.