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Melody 0.19.0 – A language that compiles to regular expressions (github.com/yoav-lavi)
3 points by glassounds on July 16, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Reminds me of myriad ORMs used to avoid learning SQL. Except you need to know SQL to properly use the ORM.

If you need regular expressions, just learn the syntax.

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/mastering-regular-expre...

Once you learn and internalize the extended grep syntax, you have a new tool in your toolbox for command line usage, programmatic usage, conditionals in databases, find/replace fields in IDEs.

Regexes are everywhere in computing where text exists: on all operating systems, in all programming languages, and in all other software categories.

Just learn the regex syntax, go forth, and conquer!




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