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Re:Is there a regular expression to detect a valid regular e... by blibble on Sunday September 08, 2019 @05:06PM (#20913419)
> In short, I agree with you that regex cannot parse regular expressions completely. Would be happy to be proven wrong, though!

the proof that you can't parse nested pararetheses with a regular language is a pretty standard part of first year computer science

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Re:Is there a regular expression to detect a valid regular e... by lioeters on Sunday September 08, 2019 @06:29PM (#20913818)
It doesn't stop some of us from trying though! :)
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