[Tagging] Wiki Edit War on using/avoiding semicolon lists

[Richard Welty]

On 1/24/15 10:58 AM, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Никита <acroq3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> reduced cpu load for database because there no need to compute smart regexes
> You know that it's always a trade-off, right?
> While the CPU usage *could* be lowered, disk usage/IO and network
> traffic could increase.
> There is no magic with your approach.
furthermore, there is no reason to assume that the computation is
being done on the same system; in fact, it is unlikely that any regex
computation is being done on the DB server.

i find the case for this unconvincing, it seems mostly motivated by
an intense dislike for regular expressions. but the regex has been
a standard technique for decades; i suggest learning to deal with
it.

richard

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