On: Ask HN: Are there any jobs where a primary task is writing reg exps?

[manidoraisamy]

Regex is not as trivial as others claim here. NLP, DSL, Compilers need Regex. If you are working on one of them, your primary job might be writing just that.

[priyadarshy → manidoraisamy]

Thanks for not just referencing XKCD comics and actually providing an answer.

There seems to be a bias against regular expressions because they've developed a "dubious" standing amongst programmers.

I've used Regex quite a bit doing NLP would love to know more about their use in other fields.