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Does anyone else who doesn't work with regular expressions on a regular basis feel like a champ whenever they write one successfully?  ^{_{(self.programming)}
83 points posted 4 hours ago by benihana 86 comments share save hide report}

↑ benihana 24 points 3 hours ago* [-]
↓ I'm a web developer and I rarely use regular expressions. But when the need to use one does arise,
   and I write one that does what I expect without having to consult anything, I feel like I just
   discovered general relativity. Anyone else feel a great sense of triumph over the natural,
   unordered chaos of text?
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The idea of optimizing a regular expression is just plain ludacris. The only actual optimization possible is if you have a situation where a possessive quantifier can be used, and the amount of times that happens are slim to none. What's more, you learn about possessive quantifiers from a two page tutorial anyway. In conclusion: sage.