This really has nothing to do with Perl expect that Perl's an influence, but...

Sun has just released Java Development Kit 1.4 Beta, and probably the most exciting part about it is the new java.util.regex class!! Many long-time Perl programmers who have recentley been forced/coerced into using Java found that one of the WORST things about it was the absolute lack of any standard regex engine - parsing text in Java is hell beyond belief, or atleast it WAS.

However, if you take a look at the API Docs on java.sun.com for JDK 1.4, you will find a Regex engine that is as full-featured as Perl's regex engine - wonder why? Because it was based almost entirely ON Perl's engine!! YAY FOR PERL!! And YAY for Sun for finally getting their acts together!

Anyway, I just thought I would let everyone here know this because I know that there are a lot of PMers who also use Java because they have to for work or school (like me) or they even *gasp* like it :). This is defintely on of the biggest things to happent to Java since, well, Java!

r. j o s e p h
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In reply to Not really Perl but... by r.joseph

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