> is such a common topic and misguided notion that solid refutation is important.

yes, we had plenty similar discussions already. (I'm sure someone keeps a list of such threads up to date. ;)

My concern is rather that marto is exhausting his energy preaching to someone who has never shown any sign of insight or progress.

And if he wants to address others, then linking to older discussions might be more efficient ... for him at least. :)

update

like Why a regex *really* isn't good enough for HTML and XML, even for "simple" tasks

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

In reply to Re^6: regex in perl by LanX
in thread regex in perl by bigup401

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