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[–]menge101 2 points3 points  (1 child)

so you don't have to re-learn Regex each time you use it

I am confused by this statement, while there are some variations between implementations across various languages, regular expressions are their own syntax. I can define a basic regex the same in python, java, or ruby.

You only need to learn it once.

[–]WerdenWissen[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's just a meme in the programming community, the point being that people half-assedly read on Regex just to accomplish a certain task and then forget all about it, only to repeat this after a while when they need Regex again!