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minus-squareMechanicalJester@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoI mastered and forgot almost entirely RegEx several times now
minus-squareMechanicalJester@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoMastered as in I could teach it to others, and assemble many complicated rules for many complicated patterns. I am always impressed with folks that retain it. I would a ton of it for a month or two, and then do nothing with it again for more than a year or more. It takes a lot for permanent burn-in for me. That’s the curse. The blessing is that I learn very quickly.
minus-squareDigitalDruid@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoeh I had an entire career based on regex and i still used rubular on the daily once someone made it. there’s too many corner cases for a biological entity!
minus-squareMechanicalJester@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoFinite rules for perfectly sifting infinite options
I mastered and forgot almost entirely RegEx several times now
“mastered”
Mastered as in I could teach it to others, and assemble many complicated rules for many complicated patterns.
I am always impressed with folks that retain it.
I would a ton of it for a month or two, and then do nothing with it again for more than a year or more.
It takes a lot for permanent burn-in for me. That’s the curse. The blessing is that I learn very quickly.
eh I had an entire career based on regex and i still used rubular on the daily once someone made it. there’s too many corner cases for a biological entity!
Finite rules for perfectly sifting infinite options
well said!