Title: Don't call me a reference book
Product review: I found other books much more helpful on solving a sticky regular expression problem. The author himself sums up his attitude towards users who want to find the solution fast without reading his 'story'"Readers familiar with regular expressions might feel that they can immediately begin using this book as a detailed reference, flipping directly to the section on their favorite utility. I would like to discourage that."So, for anyone with a problem and you think your are going to flip to a section and solve it, sorry, the author says he discourages that and you must read his story first."To get the most out of this book, read it as a story first".I would rather have an experienced expert focus on creating a book to solve problems, not show me how smart he is. And reference books should be writen as reference books and leave the stories to Tom Clancy.
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