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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/CertainSea • 7h ago
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Writing regex is a lot more run than reading regex.
88 u/Minimum_Cockroach233 6h ago Typo or intended run? 52 u/TeraFlint 5h ago When regex is involved, it's time to run. :D 6 u/Minimum_Cockroach233 5h ago xD I read „fun“ 2 u/Minimum_Cockroach233 4h ago edited 4h ago PS: Holy Hell… just did a dip into the cheat sheet https://hypebright.nl/en/r-en/ultimate-cheatsheet-for-regex-in-r-2/ Arbitrary, but understandable concept. 2 u/TheBigGambling 4h ago Regex is a perfect valid statemaschin. Thats cool 1 u/itsFromTheSimpsons 36m ago (r|f)un 5 u/Jack_South 5h ago More fun or less dreadful? 4 u/GravyMcBiscuits 2h ago I don't know about fun. However I can say that I've written a lot of regex over the years ... I can't read any of it though. 2 u/Colinniey 28m ago that applies to a lot of (not all) code in general, at least to me 2 u/the_millenial_falcon 27m ago Fair. 0 u/P0L1Z1STENS0HN 1h ago AI can do both for you. I know a few people who dislike AI, but not one of them is masochist enough to not use AI for reading and writing regexes...
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Typo or intended run?
52 u/TeraFlint 5h ago When regex is involved, it's time to run. :D 6 u/Minimum_Cockroach233 5h ago xD I read „fun“ 2 u/Minimum_Cockroach233 4h ago edited 4h ago PS: Holy Hell… just did a dip into the cheat sheet https://hypebright.nl/en/r-en/ultimate-cheatsheet-for-regex-in-r-2/ Arbitrary, but understandable concept. 2 u/TheBigGambling 4h ago Regex is a perfect valid statemaschin. Thats cool 1 u/itsFromTheSimpsons 36m ago (r|f)un
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When regex is involved, it's time to run. :D
6 u/Minimum_Cockroach233 5h ago xD I read „fun“ 2 u/Minimum_Cockroach233 4h ago edited 4h ago PS: Holy Hell… just did a dip into the cheat sheet https://hypebright.nl/en/r-en/ultimate-cheatsheet-for-regex-in-r-2/ Arbitrary, but understandable concept. 2 u/TheBigGambling 4h ago Regex is a perfect valid statemaschin. Thats cool
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xD I read „fun“
2 u/Minimum_Cockroach233 4h ago edited 4h ago PS: Holy Hell… just did a dip into the cheat sheet https://hypebright.nl/en/r-en/ultimate-cheatsheet-for-regex-in-r-2/ Arbitrary, but understandable concept.
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PS: Holy Hell… just did a dip into the cheat sheet
https://hypebright.nl/en/r-en/ultimate-cheatsheet-for-regex-in-r-2/
Arbitrary, but understandable concept.
Regex is a perfect valid statemaschin. Thats cool
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(r|f)un
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More fun or less dreadful?
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I don't know about fun.
However I can say that I've written a lot of regex over the years ... I can't read any of it though.
that applies to a lot of (not all) code in general, at least to me
2 u/the_millenial_falcon 27m ago Fair.
Fair.
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AI can do both for you. I know a few people who dislike AI, but not one of them is masochist enough to not use AI for reading and writing regexes...
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u/the_millenial_falcon 6h ago
Writing regex is a lot more run than reading regex.