Early in college I read the first edition of Jeffrey Friedl's "Mastering Regular...

irons on Nov 27, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Which programming book you just couldn’t stop read...

Early in college I read the first edition of Jeffrey Friedl's "Mastering Regular Expressions" over the course of a long car trip. Still one of the most literate, humane tech books I've ever come across. Pity that the world hasn't yet heeded his call to bury the word "regexp".

patrickgzill on Nov 27, 2010 [–]

Yes, that was one of the few books on computers I have read that I would call masterful.