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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months ago

what debugging regex feels like

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what debugging regex feels like

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months ago
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    You don’t use a regex generator/decoder? You actually tried to learn what that shit means??

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      Hey, there’s something magical about knowing what a negative look behind zero length assertion is.

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        I think I understand half of that without looking it up

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          Warlock! Burn them!

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        Would-be regex compiler writers wince as they realise they can’t just implement a FSA 😢

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      Those regex crosswords ain’t gonna solve themselves…

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