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Re:React has grown beyond its original promise and it's caus... by carlmr on Friday February 09, 2024 @04:07AM (#39312943)
It does, and I had exactly that same reaction! Regexes are a leaky abstraction, like all of them.
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Re:React has grown beyond its original promise and it's caus... by eru on Friday February 09, 2024 @04:52AM (#39313224)
Understanding is perhaps sufficient, but not necessary.

You can just consult a list that tells you which regular expression matchers to avoid (like eg Perl), and which ones are good (like grep), and you are good to go. No need to understand anything.

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