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Next Generation Regexp

Posted by michael on from the will-the-insanity-never-end dept.

prostoalex writes "Jeffrey E. F. Friedl, author of newly published 2nd edition of Mastering Regular Expressions, wrote a feature article for O'Reilly Network on the recent innovations in the regular expression world. You'd think that such area as regular expressions would be fairly stable, but according to the author, 'when I started to work on the second edition of Mastering Regular Expressions and started refocusing on the field, I was rather shocked to find out how much had really changed'. The article's behind-the-scene purpose is apparently to push a new book that O'Reilly published this month, but it has great educational value for anyone involved with practical extracting and reporting."

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  1. Ewww... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I saw the lama and thought this would be about perl. Its all about that filthy .NET crud, and the almost worthy java.

    I give this book review two thumbs, way down. It may not be off topic, but at least off icon. Thanks /., you fsck'n tease!

  2. Re:at some point... by edrugtrader · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    so... you just started programming perl eh?

    go back to appletalk... FREAK! ;)

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  3. impressive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Not really. I got a degree in Computer Engineering from the #2 private engineering school in the country and I was never taught regex.

    Oh Boy! Here's a cookie for you.

    You may have gone to the #2 engineering school, but you're a #1 asshole in my books.

  4. Re:Disagree, Personal Experience by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Fuck your uncle and fuck your worthless shit eating family.