cmpthese(-3, {
  cc => sub { "japhy{japhy}japhy" =~ /{[^}]*}/ },
  ds => sub { "japhy{japhy}japhy" =~ /{.*?}/ },
});
Benchmark: running cc, ds, each for at least 3 CPU seconds...
        cc:  72937.13/s (n=223917)
        ds:  76422.67/s (n=229268)
      Rate  cc  ds
cc 72937/s  -- -5%
ds 76423/s  5%  --


cmpthese(-3, {
  cc => sub { "this is an amazingly long string" =~ /\s[^l]*l/ },
  ds => sub { "this is an amazingly long string" =~ /\s.*?l/ },
});
Benchmark: running cc, ds, each for at least 3 CPU seconds...
        cc:  91565.26/s (n=282021)
        ds:  117002.10/s (n=390787)
       Rate   cc   ds
cc  91565/s   -- -22%
ds 117002/s  28%   --