-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 03:23:57AM +0200, s. keeling wrote: > >> I strongly agree, and this knowledge is portable. All of the *nix >> tools, including shell, perl, and python, rely on regex >> understanding. > > One can get along just fine in python without using regex. I'm living > proof. Sure, the regex module lets you do neat one-liners, but I hate > one-liners especially when I'm tired. > > Doug. > >
I use python all day every day, and rarely if ever use the re module. Most of the same stuff can be done with python's (awesome) string libs. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIBsuPLeTfO4yBSAcRAqTlAJ4t6tCEK30ES3NYVlq26BK3LCEh+QCfb10H E48+Z8RggulyR627FCA67xE= =1YK4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
