author: pessimizer content: "As a black programmer, I remember the cliche about problems and regular\ \ expressions in my head as \"regular expressions are like calling the cops.\"\r\ \n\r\nThat's unfair to regular expressions, though, because I actually have seen\ \ them solve a problem before. Cops improving a situation? Never seen it." id: d02ff48c-57b7-4e23-b487-771f724bac76