> Regular expressions is the most god-awful piece of clap-trap garbage I have > ever laid my eyes on. Yeah for you PC programmers! Groans of disbelief from > us mainframe programmers at the > obtuse, obfuscating gibberish that RE is and that we will be forced into > learning.
We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. We have our own implementation of a library that does regular expressions and I use it a lot. I think regular expressions are a very valuable and versatile tool... But your reaction is not uncommon: just about every 'hardcore COBOL/mainframe programmer' reacts the same way when they see their first regular expression. Fred! ----------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION: The information in this electronic mail message is private and confidential, and only intended for the addressee. Should you receive this message by mistake, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or use of this message is strictly prohibited. Please inform the sender by reply transmission and delete the message without copying or opening it. Messages and attachments are scanned for all viruses known. If this message contains password-protected attachments, the files have NOT been scanned for viruses by the ING mail domain. Always scan attachments before opening them. -----------------------------------------------------------------
