Comments for Regex Guru http://www.regex-guru.info Irregular updates on the wonderful world of regular expressions by Jan Goyvaerts, developer of premier regular expression software and web sites Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:39:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Writing Offline by Steven Levithan http://www.regex-guru.info/2008/05/writing-offline/#comment-60 Steven Levithan Sat, 31 May 2008 23:53:35 +0000 http://www.regex-guru.info/?p=19#comment-60 Oh, I know! I've just gone ahead and done so more officially on my blog. Oh, I know! I’ve just gone ahead and done so more officially on my blog.

]]> Comment on Writing Offline by Writing a Regex Book http://www.regex-guru.info/2008/05/writing-offline/#comment-59 Writing a Regex Book Sat, 31 May 2008 23:42:33 +0000 http://www.regex-guru.info/?p=19#comment-59 [...] practical, high-quality guide to solving real problems using regular expressions. You can see Jan's announcement on his [...] [...] practical, high-quality guide to solving real problems using regular expressions. You can see Jan’s announcement on his [...]

]]> Comment on Writing Offline by Jan Goyvaerts http://www.regex-guru.info/2008/05/writing-offline/#comment-58 Jan Goyvaerts Thu, 29 May 2008 23:53:19 +0000 http://www.regex-guru.info/?p=19#comment-58 Hi Steven! I didn't mention your name because I wanted to leave it up to you when and how to "out" yourself. Hi Steven! I didn’t mention your name because I wanted to leave it up to you when and how to “out” yourself.

]]> Comment on Writing Offline by Steven Levithan http://www.regex-guru.info/2008/05/writing-offline/#comment-57 Steven Levithan Thu, 29 May 2008 20:08:09 +0000 http://www.regex-guru.info/?p=19#comment-57 So, I'm the coauthor Jan mentioned. I have to agree with Jan's take on this. Jeffey's book is a classic, and I'd personally recommend it to anyone interested in the regular expressions, including beginners. But I think that says a lot about its competition. MRE really shouldn't be for everyone -- there's just too much information there for most normal people. That's one of the reasons I loved it -- my interest in regexes is not normal. The market has proven that a lot of other people loved it, too, but I think certain people would be better served by a more practical approach *if* it were at the same high quality level. Jan and I hope we can deliver on that front. So, I’m the coauthor Jan mentioned. I have to agree with Jan’s take on this. Jeffey’s book is a classic, and I’d personally recommend it to anyone interested in the regular expressions, including beginners. But I think that says a lot about its competition.

MRE really shouldn’t be for everyone — there’s just too much information there for most normal people. That’s one of the reasons I loved it — my interest in regexes is not normal. The market has proven that a lot of other people loved it, too, but I think certain people would be better served by a more practical approach *if* it were at the same high quality level. Jan and I hope we can deliver on that front.

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