Is str ~ regex the root of all evil, or the leaf of all good?

[Jarrett Billingsley]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Derek Parnell <derek at psych.ward> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:45:44 -0500, Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>
>> Also, "I think I don't like X" is not proper English.  Say "I don't
>> think I like X" or just "I don't like X" instead.
>
> Of course its proper English.
>
> "I think I don't like X" means that I'm undecided about whether or not I
> like X but I probably do not like it.
>
> "I don't think I like X" means that I *know* that I don't like X, there is
> no uncertainty.

See, it's funny, because I would think "I don't think I like X" means
that I'm undecided about whether or not I like X but I probably don't;
and that "I don't like X" means that I know that I don't like it.  "I
think I don't X" just sounds very unnatural to me.