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Next Generation Regexp

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. Re:.NET regexps and Microsoft's documentation by Tablizer · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Seen on an IBM Bimbo's forehead:

    This Mind is Intentionally Left Blank

  2. K shall rule the world by Jayson · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    when people become intelligent enough to use it and Arthur finishes K4. Watch Kuro5hin within the next month for an Introduction to K to appear (I will also submit it here, but I doubt it will get posted).