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    Alexander DiMauro
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    There is probably a good chance this was posted here before, since it's from 5 years ago, but, I'm a little slow and just found this today from a link on Twitter. Read the accepted answer for this question. Read the whole thing, it's brilliant! http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags[^] Any other great answers out there that people know of?

    I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone - Bjarne Stroustrup My code has no bugs, it runs exactly as it was written.

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    • A Alexander DiMauro

      There is probably a good chance this was posted here before, since it's from 5 years ago, but, I'm a little slow and just found this today from a link on Twitter. Read the accepted answer for this question. Read the whole thing, it's brilliant! http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags[^] Any other great answers out there that people know of?

      I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone - Bjarne Stroustrup My code has no bugs, it runs exactly as it was written.

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      Nish Nishant
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      Don't know if that's the greatest answer I've seen on SO, but it's posted by someone who's got a high chance of being a complete jerk in real life.

      Regards, Nish


      Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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      • A Alexander DiMauro

        There is probably a good chance this was posted here before, since it's from 5 years ago, but, I'm a little slow and just found this today from a link on Twitter. Read the accepted answer for this question. Read the whole thing, it's brilliant! http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags[^] Any other great answers out there that people know of?

        I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone - Bjarne Stroustrup My code has no bugs, it runs exactly as it was written.

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        Slacker007
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        If Jon Skeet can't do it, then it can't be done.

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        • A Alexander DiMauro

          There is probably a good chance this was posted here before, since it's from 5 years ago, but, I'm a little slow and just found this today from a link on Twitter. Read the accepted answer for this question. Read the whole thing, it's brilliant! http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags[^] Any other great answers out there that people know of?

          I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone - Bjarne Stroustrup My code has no bugs, it runs exactly as it was written.

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          Brisingr Aerowing
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          This one[^] (First code block)

          What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? --- The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. --- Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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            Don't know if that's the greatest answer I've seen on SO, but it's posted by someone who's got a high chance of being a complete jerk in real life.

            Regards, Nish


            Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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            Pete OHanlon
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            Surely it's not one of my posts on SO?

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            • A Alexander DiMauro

              There is probably a good chance this was posted here before, since it's from 5 years ago, but, I'm a little slow and just found this today from a link on Twitter. Read the accepted answer for this question. Read the whole thing, it's brilliant! http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags[^] Any other great answers out there that people know of?

              I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone - Bjarne Stroustrup My code has no bugs, it runs exactly as it was written.

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              Lost User
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              I like the answer one below....

              Quote:

              While it is true that asking regexes to parse arbitrary HTML is like asking Paris Hilton to write an operating system, it's sometimes appropriate to parse a limited, known set of HTML.

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                I like the answer one below....

                Quote:

                While it is true that asking regexes to parse arbitrary HTML is like asking Paris Hilton to write an operating system, it's sometimes appropriate to parse a limited, known set of HTML.

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                Nish Nishant
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                Why is that funny? Paris's work on the Ubuntu kernel is legendary! :confused:

                Regards, Nish


                Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                • P Pete OHanlon

                  Surely it's not one of my posts on SO?

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                  Nish Nishant
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                  Hah :-D

                  Regards, Nish


                  Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                  • A Alexander DiMauro

                    There is probably a good chance this was posted here before, since it's from 5 years ago, but, I'm a little slow and just found this today from a link on Twitter. Read the accepted answer for this question. Read the whole thing, it's brilliant! http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags[^] Any other great answers out there that people know of?

                    I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone - Bjarne Stroustrup My code has no bugs, it runs exactly as it was written.

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                    Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan
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                    If you want to read some great answers, please read the answers from Jon Skeet[^]'s profile. I didn't get much chance to get answers to my (stupid) questions from Mr. Skeet, but as much as he has answered, were some of the best answers in my questioning history. His method of answering a question is just like asking a question to your own friend.

                    The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~

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                    • B Brisingr Aerowing

                      This one[^] (First code block)

                      What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? --- The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. --- Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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                      //
                      // Dear maintainer:
                      //
                      // Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine,
                      // and have realized what a terrible mistake that was,
                      // please increment the following counter as a warning
                      // to the next guy:
                      //
                      // total_hours_wasted_here = 42
                      //

                      F*ckin outstanding. :)

                      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                      -----
                      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                      -----
                      When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                        If Jon Skeet can't do it, then it can't be done.

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                        I dunno, maybe Chuck Norris could have a crack at it ;P

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                        • A Alexander DiMauro

                          There is probably a good chance this was posted here before, since it's from 5 years ago, but, I'm a little slow and just found this today from a link on Twitter. Read the accepted answer for this question. Read the whole thing, it's brilliant! http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags[^] Any other great answers out there that people know of?

                          I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone - Bjarne Stroustrup My code has no bugs, it runs exactly as it was written.

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                          Nemanja Trifunovic
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                          My favorite one is Shog's answer to the question about the difference between JavaScript and Java[^]:

                          Quote:

                          One is essentially a toy, designed for writing small pieces of code, and traditionally used and abused by inexperienced programmers. The other is a scripting language for web browsers.

                          utf8-cpp

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                          • A Alexander DiMauro

                            There is probably a good chance this was posted here before, since it's from 5 years ago, but, I'm a little slow and just found this today from a link on Twitter. Read the accepted answer for this question. Read the whole thing, it's brilliant! http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags[^] Any other great answers out there that people know of?

                            I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone - Bjarne Stroustrup My code has no bugs, it runs exactly as it was written.

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                            Lost User
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                            Alexander Yee's explanation of why processing a sorted array is faster[^] (well, in that case). Not because it has many upvotes or even because I learned something from it (I didn't), but because it's one of those things that no one seems to know about but are very important anyway, and that answer makes it accessible to those people.

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                              Why is that funny? Paris's work on the Ubuntu kernel is legendary! :confused:

                              Regards, Nish


                              Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                              Kenneth Haugland
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                              Picture/Video or it didn't happen ;P

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                              • A Alexander DiMauro

                                There is probably a good chance this was posted here before, since it's from 5 years ago, but, I'm a little slow and just found this today from a link on Twitter. Read the accepted answer for this question. Read the whole thing, it's brilliant! http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags[^] Any other great answers out there that people know of?

                                I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone - Bjarne Stroustrup My code has no bugs, it runs exactly as it was written.

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                                Lost User
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                                Wow, that didn't even seem like an unreasonable question. Certainly a good way to put people off ever asking a question on SO :wtf:

                                How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

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                                  I like the answer one below....

                                  Quote:

                                  While it is true that asking regexes to parse arbitrary HTML is like asking Paris Hilton to write an operating system, it's sometimes appropriate to parse a limited, known set of HTML.

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                                  Lost User
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                                  Probably referring to the new Microsoft Paris Hilton Lens, written entirely in Microsoft new language PH#.

                                  How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

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                                  • K Kenneth Haugland

                                    Picture/Video or it didn't happen ;P

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                                    OriginalGriff
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                                    No! Please, for gawd sake NO!

                                    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                      //
                                      // Dear maintainer:
                                      //
                                      // Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine,
                                      // and have realized what a terrible mistake that was,
                                      // please increment the following counter as a warning
                                      // to the next guy:
                                      //
                                      // total_hours_wasted_here = 42
                                      //

                                      F*ckin outstanding. :)

                                      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                                      -----
                                      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                                      -----
                                      When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                                      Brisingr Aerowing
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                                      I know of a lot of code that could use that.

                                      What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? --- The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. --- Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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                                      • B Brisingr Aerowing

                                        This one[^] (First code block)

                                        What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? --- The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. --- Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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                                        Alexander DiMauro
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                                        Rickrolled!

                                        I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone - Bjarne Stroustrup The world is going to laugh at you anyway, might as well crack the 1st joke! My code has no bugs, it runs exactly as it was written.

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                                          I dunno, maybe Chuck Norris could have a crack at it ;P

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                                          Quirkafleeg
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                                          This guy would probably delegate him to do it: :) Peter C.

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