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This is a style guide, not a word blacklist. They suggest not using regex because it's not as clear, especially to thought who never learned what regex is, as regular expression.

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omega3|4 years ago

I think the reverse is actually true, more people know what regex is than what it stands for (especially if their first language isn't English).

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=regex,regu...

kevincox|4 years ago

Exactly. Some acronyms are more commonly known than their "expanded" form making the former the better name to use. For example I don't see many people spelling out Hyper-Text Transport Protocol.

blackshaw|4 years ago

How could anyone with more than 5 minutes experience as a software developer possibly not know what a "regex" is?

josteink|4 years ago

> This is a style guide, not a word blacklist.

You're not allowed to say that :D