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Article #657Re: The sock puppet wins
From: Certainly Evil
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 14:09
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 14:09
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Tim Streater whined: >In article <C07E683B.19DE9E%chrisridd@mac.com>, > Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> wrote: > >> On 3/5/06 1:56, in article >> tim.streater-8CA3AC.13560603052006@individual.net, "Tim Streater" >> <tim.streater@dante.org.uk> wrote: >> >> > Yes I know all this. And the regex is ultimately flexible - if you can >> > stand trying to figure them out. In years of using Eudora, for example, >> >> Aside: TextWrangler's (did you know it is free?) regular expression find >> window does syntax colouring on the regex as you're typing it. Very cool. >> >> > I haven't regretted the lack of a regex feature. Whenever I haven't been >> >> I have, quite recently :-( OTOH just *better* matching facilities would have >> been good. > >Actually, to state things as somewhat less of a rant: > >I think my concern here is that we are becoming too accepting of "just >about OK" instead of insisting on things being a lot better. After all, >why did we buy Macs anyway Cuz none of you brit fucks are too bright and you can't afford the Real Thing. -- It is a shame stupidity isn't painful.
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