• From: Michael Kay <mike@s...>
• To: Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@g...>
• Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 14:43:46 +0000

On 8 Feb 2014, at 14:30, Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@g...> wrote:

> Is this issue specific to Perl.
> 

It's an interesting question. I get the impression that Perl programmers use regexes as their preferred way of performing almost any task, whereas in most other languages it's something people turn to after considering other options. But that's pure conjecture.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

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