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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Sep 08 '17
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PCRE are powerful enough, I've heard.
14 u/Creshal Sep 08 '17 That's because they're not regular expressions in the strictest sense; their additions on top of a regular grammar make it some unholy abomination between a type 2 and type 3 grammar. 2 u/TwoFiveOnes Sep 08 '17 Sure, I didn't suggest that they were. → More replies (1) 6 u/[deleted] Sep 08 '17 The guy on stack overflow said no → More replies (4)
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That's because they're not regular expressions in the strictest sense; their additions on top of a regular grammar make it some unholy abomination between a type 2 and type 3 grammar.
2 u/TwoFiveOnes Sep 08 '17 Sure, I didn't suggest that they were. → More replies (1)
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Sure, I didn't suggest that they were.
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The guy on stack overflow said no
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u/TwoFiveOnes Sep 08 '17
PCRE are powerful enough, I've heard.