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Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 04:33:06 +1000
Subject: Re: Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 4:27 AM, Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 23 May 2013 17:20:19 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> Aside: Why was PHP's /e regexp option ever implemented?
>
> Because it's a stupid idea, and that's the only requirement for a feature
> to be implemented in PHP.

Hey, don't be rude. I mean, not that it isn't true, but it's still
rude to say it.

Ah, who am I kidding. Be as rude as you like. I have to work with PHP all week.

ChrisA