alt Hacker NewsI find it weird to have the Perl innovation (?:...) be called "traditional regex". Perl was rather innovative back then, even if it's more than 30 years ago now. Traditional regex is what came before it (grep -E being the most advanced form). I wonder what counts as nontraditional in the author's eyes.
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leoc • yesterday at 10:17 PM
In my head a regex-like thing of Perl origin is known as a 'perlex'.
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ieviev • yesterday at 10:19 PM
Haha, you're right about that. I was looking for another word for "default"
>even if it's more than 30 years ago now.
Here's your answer.
>Traditional regex is what came before it
No, that's "ancient regex".