> I disagree. Regexps are quite well documented. There is even a manpage > exclusively dedicated to it. =-]
Though actually most of the docs used to be split between perlop and perlre, neither of which are friendly pieces of text. I believe this situation has ameliorated a little, but, certainly the docs were traditionally kinda sucky. > I think that Regexps are hard to learn because the most part of the folks > that aren't too much scared to learn it just lack the essential and > unavoidable compiler theory where regexp lays its foundations. IMHO, its > simply impossible learn good quality regexp use unless you have good regular > grammars theory before. No, that's WRONG. Again, I can only give myself as an example, but, I had no compiler theory or regular grammars theory. Regular expressions MAKE SENSE - in (again) my humble experience, it tends to be people who started with C or somesuch language who have the most difficulty with them. Go figure. +Pete -- Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young. -- Samuel Johnson
