Has Apocalypse 5 left you with futureshock? Did Synopsis 5 leave you with the feeling that you are now just as confused as before, only more intensely so?

It was no shock, but a very pleasant surprise.

Perl's so called "regular expressions" have long since left the original meaning of that term behind. It's really ridicilous that one of the most powerfull aspects of perl should be named after the most restricted, simple grammars you can imagine.

Who cares about the name? Well, apparently you do, but my point is that it's just a name. The power that the technique gives is important, the name is just an identifier.

It's high time we give this thing a new name.

No, it's not.

I propose keeping the short form "regexp"

Funny - Larry proposed to get rid of "regexp" and use "regex" instead.

p.s. be the first to ++ this article and make me a friar!

I always answer upvote requests with a downvote. 

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In reply to Re: "regular expressions" need a new name by Juerd
in thread "regular expressions" need a new name by bjelli

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