I agree with most of what you had to say. I do not, however, agree with the first part of your comment. A lot of gifted programmers simply have no real need to

I agree with most of what you had to say. I do not, however, agree with the first part of your comment. A lot of gifted programmers simply have no real need to use regular expressions, especially if they develop primarily in Java. This is just unfortunate for them, as they end up not learning them at all. This doesn't necessarily mean they are "stunted", but just unlucky.