"Xah Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > i've noticed that in Python official doc > http://python.org/doc/lib/module-re.html > and also How-To doc > http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/regex/ > > both mentions the book "Mastering Regular Expressions" by Jeffrey > Friedl. > > I suggest it be dropped in both places. The mentioning of this book in > the Perl/Python community is mostly a fawning behavior and confession > that the author is among "in the know". This book and its mentioning is > a cultish behavior among OpenSource morons. > > Most of the time, its mentioning as a reference is irrelevant. 99% uses > of regex are the simplest uses. Spending time to read this book of > specialization, from economy perspective, is a waste of time. > Xah
We should drop the olympics too. 99% of people don't practice any of those sports at a competitive level. Who the hell does pole vaulting or throws a javelin? Sorry, maybe I should have posted this in the "next Xah Lee post contest" thread. Dan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
