in reply to Re^3: Mnemonic for begin/end chars in regexes
in thread Mnemonic for begin/end chars in regexes

> very Perlish interpretation

well, you can try to expand this to a whole bunch of metaphors for a "Genesis of Regex" story

I think with some illustrations this could stick well in the head. :)

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the 𐍀𐌴𐍂𐌻 Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

Update

For completeness, from prior posts

  • ^ God, the beginning of all
  • $ the snake, the end of paradise
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    Re^5: Mnemonic for begin/end chars in regexes ("Genesis of Regex")
    by Smonff (Monk) on Jul 12, 2023 at 10:37 UTC

      This is very beautiful.

      🌸