From time to time I re-read Larry Wall's "Apocalypse 5" - http://www.perl.com/pub/2002/06/04/apo5.html?page=6 http://www.perl.com/pub/2002/06/04/apo5.html?page=

From time to time I re-read Larry Wall's "Apocalypse 5" - http://www.perl.com/pub/2002/06/04/apo5.html?page=6 http://www.perl.com/pub/2002/06/04/apo5.html?page=6 It is still in interesting look into why regexs are the way they are. Also if you are familiar with this quote: "Some people, when confronted with a problem, think 'I know, I'll use regular expressions.' Now they have two problems." Read Jeffrey Friedl's research into the quote - http://regex.info/blog/2006-09-15/247 http://regex.info/blog/2006-09-15/247