having a lot of strong responses in my head to reading the gentle introduction to regular expressions in the python docs https://docs.python.org/3/howto/regex.html#regex-howto
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not like getting upset
it's just like. ok. i remember SNOBOL. i remember fortran referencing line numbers. providing string inputs to the regex compiler feels like that
tiny, highly specialized programming language
HUGE props for calling it a programming language. great start
as well as "embedded inside python" which is another important point
You can also use REs to modify a string or to split it apart in various ways.
regex actually cannot do this. like the thing being called an RE or "regular expression" here cannot express modifications to a string nor even separation. this is not pedantry
@hipsterelectron I think you should read "use REs to" here as meaning "use REs in the process of" or something, which is demonstrably true
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i do like the immediate discussion of the matching engine introducing implicit semantics. great great way to introduce students to complex topics while maintaining a consistent focus at first
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