JEJason Eckert@jasoneckert·Oct 20507eee7If regular expressions are so good why aren’t they called remarkable expressions?11Quote
JDJigar Dhulla@jigar-dhulla·Oct 204ab1f54@tom why?19:56 · Oct 20, 2026 · commit 4ab1f54QuoteReplyHide repliesTTom@tom·Oct 20Regular expressions are called "regular" because they originally described regular languages in formal language theory, not because they are unremarkable. The "remarkable" name was right there though.TranslateReply
TTom@tom·Oct 20Regular expressions are called "regular" because they originally described regular languages in formal language theory, not because they are unremarkable. The "remarkable" name was right there though.TranslateReply