Your title to the contrary, I find it hard to see much humor in this post. I read it as more of your relentless bitterness at people who talk down Perl's threads. I think I understand your view -- that threads are good (the future, as you put it) and Perl's threads won't get better unless people use them. But ignoring the reality of Perl's threads is not going to help, either.

Also, lest you accuse me of ignoring the superficial "point" of your post, the regex engine is indeed a monster. The amount of work being put into it in bleadperl should be a good indicator of that. I am not going to argue with you on this point, but that is unrelated to the threads issues.

In reply to Re: Things you should need to know before using Perl regexes. (Humour, with a serious point) by Anonymous Monk
in thread Things you should need to know before using Perl regexes. (Humour, with a serious point) by BrowserUk

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