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Re:RegExp Lookbehind Assertions by lolc on Monday February 29, 2016 @08:56PM (#11200300)
I see how this can be useful for ad-hoc replacements.

To clarify, I'm not asking about the usefulness of the feature in general but why it makes sense to add this to JS.

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Re:RegExp Lookbehind Assertions by paulddraper on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @02:17AM (#11201216)
Because JS is a general purpose language?
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