Some say a set of regular expressions comprises a domain-specific language, or DSL; essentially, a mini-programming language. A full-blown programming language like Java or Python can do many things, ...

Imagine you’re reading a book, and you notice that one character is cheerful and upbeat, while the second character is pessimistic and never has anything positive to say. If you wanted to share your ...

Quick: If you shout "regular expressions" in a crowd of Linux users, what happens? Answer: Everyone will tell you the right way to use them, and every answer will be different. Regular expressions -- ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Glance at these two text messages: “we need to talk” “We. Need. To. Talk.” That shift in punctuation transforms a concerning message into something that feels decidedly more serious ...

Is it possible to spot personality dysfunction from someone's everyday word use? My colleagues and I have conducted research ...

Modern detectors help users check drafts before sharing them. These tools scan patterns in the text. They spot structure, pacing, and repeated styles that AI tools often create. Human writing is more ...

Researchers from Anthropic investigated Claude 3.5 Haiku’s ability to decide when to break a line of text within a fixed width, a task that requires the model to track its position as it writes. The ...

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