Regexes describe a grammar as a string which is then parsed and compiled. First step to improvement: remove the parsing and string parts.
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@christopherdone@mapastr "remove the parsing and the string parts" is my whole point.
@puffnfresh @christopherdone @mapastr That sounds like an improved solution to the problem, not an improvement to regexes themselves.
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@puffnfresh@christopherdone@mapastr Regexes do a really great job at providing a bad solution to certain problems. -
@propensive@puffnfresh@christopherdone@mapastr at least they are pretty good at parsing HTML
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