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Re:RegExpBuilder – Create regular expressions using chained ... by d4n3 on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @02:06PM (#9034852)
> you'll want to replace them with code written in the native language

Probably not true for Javascript (and other scripted languages) - matching regex uses native and highly optimized regex lib, which will usually be orders of magnitude faster than implementing this in the language.

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Re:RegExpBuilder – Create regular expressions using chained ... by UnoriginalGuy on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @02:13PM (#9034923)
That isn't relevant in this context as the library linked couldn't be integrated into JavaScript.
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Re:RegExpBuilder – Create regular expressions using chained ... by d4n3 on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @02:37PM (#9035148)
Sorry, which library do you mean? The OP is a javascript library..

I just wanted to point out that regex is much faster in javascript than doing things 'by hand'.

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