Re:Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook
by _jal on Thursday March 09, 2017 @10:13AM
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As far as regexes, The Sed and Awk book is good, but Mastering Regular Expressions by Friedl is amazing. The amount of time that went into that work is mind-boggling. The deep dives into the differences between different engines and the detailed explanations of why one regex performs horribly vs. another that matches the same thing quickly are really enlightening.
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Re:Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook
by dredmorbius on Thursday March 09, 2017 @11:43AM
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I agree with both statements. I still think that Sed & Awk is the better starting reference, as it begins with basic tools.
Deep dives are fine, but sometimes you just wanto to get a few toes in the water.
I'd argue that if you've got performance issues with regexes, you're (arguably) abusing the tool.