On 10 Aug 2013, at 3:54 PM, Tom Davie <tom.da...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10 Aug 2013, at 22:44, Keary Suska <cocoa-...@esoteritech.com> wrote: > > No, some hacked on extensions to regular expressions can do this. Because > people keep repeatedly bumping into the problem that they’re not as powerful > as CFGs, and most parsing problems aren’t regular.
See "no true Scotsman." <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman> The point remains that there are quite powerful extensions to the formal regular-expression syntax that are reliable, in almost universal use, and helpful to the OP. In your heart of hearts, you will admit to knowing that. In the '80s, I called myself a "hacker," and even had a vanity license plate MAC HAKR. The battle over the popular meaning of "hacker" has been lost, and so it has been with "regular expression." — F _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
