<rant>

While I can't disagree that maintaining a standard naming structure a Good Thing, I have to say that I agree with Jeffrey Friedl regarding "regexp": it's a blight on the language. I speak English and a bit of French and I can't imagine any speakers in either language finding "regexp" to roll off the tongue easier than "regex". In fact, I find it hard to imagine that speakers in any language would enjoy that P on the end. "regexp" sounds like something Sylvester the Cat would spit out in conversation if he were conversant with Perl.

I don't know who started the "regexp" naming scheme on the CPAN, but I was at a talk that Damian gave recently and unless I drastically misunderstood him, he also thought that "regexP" was an abomination.

Which is my roundabout way of saying that I get chills up my spine every time I hear someone trying to say 'regexp'.

'Nuff said :)

</rant>

This node was not brought to you by the letter 'P'.

Cheers,
Ovid

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In reply to (Ovid - a blight on the language) Re(2): Pondering Regex::English by Ovid
in thread Pondering Regex::English by chromatic

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