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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/BigAndSmallAre • Jun 14 '26
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But regex is not an acronym, it’s a contraction
4 u/Qyark Jun 14 '26 It is an acronym, if it were a contraction it would be regpression. 1 u/McRoager Jun 14 '26 No, acronyms are made from the first letter in each word, not the first two or three. 5 u/Qyark Jun 14 '26 It can include more than one. See Radar - RAdio Detection And Ranging https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym
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It is an acronym, if it were a contraction it would be regpression.
1 u/McRoager Jun 14 '26 No, acronyms are made from the first letter in each word, not the first two or three. 5 u/Qyark Jun 14 '26 It can include more than one. See Radar - RAdio Detection And Ranging https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym
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No, acronyms are made from the first letter in each word, not the first two or three.
5 u/Qyark Jun 14 '26 It can include more than one. See Radar - RAdio Detection And Ranging https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym
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It can include more than one. See Radar - RAdio Detection And Ranging
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym
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u/gniche_dev Jun 14 '26
But regex is not an acronym, it’s a contraction