Re^2: Strange behaviour of the regex engine ( Benchmarks aren't everything )

Yes the benchmarking chapter talks about it as does Benchmarks aren't everything ... as least thats my impression

FWIW, I see similar times with 2008 perl-v5.8.9 and 2012 perl-5.16.1

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Re^3: Strange behaviour of the regex engine ( Benchmarks aren't everything ) by thof (Initiate) on Jan 06, 2015 at 19:04 UTC
I'm reading 3rd version of this book. I think this issue has not been mentioned in the book. Anyway I use two simple techniques (alternation order and plus to prevent backtracking when parentheses are leaved for star) to optimize first regex. I read mentioned topic "Benchmarks aren't everything" but I think that it is not the source of problem in this case.	[reply]