Re: [sqlite] Standalone LUA regex that can be used in sqlite
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- Subject: Re: [sqlite] Standalone LUA regex that can be used in sqlite
- From: William Ahern <william@...>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 15:53:49 -0700
On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 11:19:54PM +0200, Petite Abeille wrote:
>
> On Jul 5, 2012, at 11:11 PM, Alessandro Delgado wrote:
>
> > While we're being pedantic for fun I'd also like to point out that Lua has
> > no regexes, it's Pattern Matching.
>
> Wow… tough crowd to please..
>
> Random guy: Eh, I ported LUA regex to SQLite! Sweet!
> Lua guy: It's Lua, not LUA. And it's pattern matching, not regex. Moron.
>
> Talk about missing the forest for the trees… :P
Confusing simple pattern matching and regular expressions is not a trivial
thing.
The "LUA" correction was probably just salt in the wound. It wouldn't sting
but for the pattern matching bit.
I'd wager 10ドル that "PERL" and "LUA" is part of some sinister 4chan troll
campaign. I'd probably lose that 10,ドル but it is just that annoying.