Comments by "HalfSourLizard" (@halfsourlizard9319) on "Python Regular Expressions - Computerphile" video.

@DavidLindes Well, that'd be a great teachable moment, eh? Also, I want to acknowledge that you seem to share my love for learning things -- even if we've different preferences regarding approach🙃
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 @DavidLindes Syntax isn't interesting. It's just arbitrary convention. The fundamental ideas are what matters ... the rest is just implementation details.
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@DavidLindes Knowing the theory behind regexps is the interesting bit; there are references (or LLMs) for the derpy idiosyncrasies of the various flavours.
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@DavidLindes That depends on the learner; some do better learning theory then applying it, and some do better learning pragmatics and then the theory underlying it.
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@DavidLindes How nice that might be for you; I'm pleased to have been taught theory-first ... and proud to have taught that way during my academic career. Mathematics is what's real; the world and 'practical realities' are just emergent properties -- persistent illusions.
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The syntax is what you hate? There are way better reasons to hate Python: Mutability. Lack of a type system. Incorrectly / inconsistently-implemented scoping.
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