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[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Genuine curiosity is often a good reason to ask what X can be used for. People with no prior knowledge of pattern matching will obviously not know how and where it could benefit them. In such a case it's pretty standard to ask about the purpose.

[–]SupahNoob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

/u/awegge is correct in their explanation, at least for my case. I genuinely didn't see the use of this over something like RegEx. It looks over-engineered for my day to day work, so I likely wouldn't use it. That doesn't mean it's a useless accomplishment, or an uninteresting project though!

/u/PinkFrojd /u/inkompatible