Ahh, sorry, sorry. I haven't been able to locate the thread that I read that summarized passage from, so I can't say who exactly said all of that...
Nice quote on C/C++...made me laugh. Jonathon Alan Gauld wrote: > "Jonathon Sisson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > >> of them they're addicting... As Alan Gauld stated in another thread >> (I'm >> pretty sure it was Alan): You'll get to the point that you want to >> use >> (regular expressions) all the time, even if they aren't the right >> tool > > Nope, it wasn't me, maybe Danny. > > But I sure agree with it. The problem with Regex is that they can > be just a bit too powerful. To cite another programming proverb, > this time by Bjarne Stroustrup I think: > > "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; > C++ makes it harder, but when you do, > it blows away your whole leg." > > Regex can be like that too. > >> Regular Expressions: learn them, love them, use them...but put the >> sword down if a pen can handle the job better. > > A great summary. > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
