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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:17:56 +0100
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On 21.11.2024 20:12, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> [...]
> 
> In the wild, you see regexes being used for all sorts of stupid stuff,

No one can prevent folks using features for stupid things. Yes.

> like checking whether numeric input is in a certain range, rather than
> converting it to a number and doing an arithmetic check.

Janis