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		noctune on June 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A regular expression to check for prime numbers (2... Personally, I use "regex" for the informal string-matching/rewriting engines found in most languages and "regular expression" for the formal definition.

FeepingCreature on June 21, 2023 [–]

By which, of course, this submission title is a lie.

necovek on June 21, 2023 | [–]

I don't think the GP is the original poster, so them claiming how they "personally" differentiate between the two does not make the submission title a lie.

We don't know how original poster differentiates.

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