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These are all valid criticisms of regex

but they’re not an excuse to avoid regex. Similarly git has many warts but there’s no getting around it. Same with CSS

If you want to run with the herd though you need to know these things, even enjoy them.

You can rely on tooling and training wheels like Python VERBOSE but you’re never going to get away from the fact that the “rump” of the population works with them.

Easier to bite the bullet and get practised. I’ve no doubt you have the intellect - you only need be convinced it’s a good use of your time.



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