Wow really?

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Wow really?

quantizor opened this issue 11 years ago · 5 comments

quantizor commented 11 years ago

Way to rip off VerbalExpressions... syntax and all.

https://github.com/VerbalExpressions/JSVerbalExpressions?source=c

Answer 1 · 2013-09-07T03:57:48.000Z

hexpress has a great api, is well tested, and looks like a really useful library. why the hate?

Answer 2 · 2013-09-07T03:58:29.000Z

Look at both projects and tell me one doesn't look like a blatant rip of the other.

Answer 3 · 2013-09-07T04:08:02.000Z

Very constructive, @Evster88. 👌

But really. Take your own advice and look at both projects. Look at the code behind the Ruby port of VerbalExpressions and this library and tell us they're the same. Hell, even read more than half of this project's README to see the extremely obvious differences. Who cares if the syntax is so similar? It's a good DSL. Just be happy that there's another good (and more powerful) option out there.

Answer 4 · 2013-09-07T14:54:31.000Z

@Evster88: What's the difference between a "rip off" and a new implementation of the spec? I'll tell you: The latter usually attempts to implement the spec!

You may want to check out lib/hexpress/verbal_expressions.rb and spec/lib/verbal_expressions_standard.rb

You can also read the README where I point out this is a reimagining of Verbal Expressions.

Answer 5 · 2013-09-07T15:03:45.000Z

Re-opening this because I think it's going to pop up later as well and adding that VerbalExpressions isn't even the first attempt at this: http://rubydoc.info/gems/TextualRegexp/1.8.6/frames (Note the 2007 copyright).