Regular expressions

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On 11/02/2015 08:51 PM, Michael Torrie wrote:
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> Indeed, sometimes Jamie Zawinski's is often quite appropriate:
> 
>     Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use
> regular expressions." Now they have two problems.

Or its sometimes heard paraphrase:
  Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use
  Python." Now they have two problems
The point being it's a cute and memorable aphorism but not very meaningful
because it can be applied to anything one wishes to denigrate.

Of course there are people who misuse regexes. But I am quite sure,
especially in the Python community, there are just as many who fail to
use them when they are appropriate which is just as bad.