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Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:20:14 +0100
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On 24.03.11 15:34, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:

> BTW,  there recently was an article criticizing overuse of REs in UNIX,
> suggesting SNOBOL-like patterns instead.

That's odd.  The creators of SNOBOL-4 and SPITBOL have
always say, "Don't use patterns!"

(Debugging clever uses of patterns isn't fun, all
the more when the patterns are powerful.)