in reply to Re^2: Python regex faster than Perl?
in thread Python regex faster than Perl?

I can confirm the behaviour. On my machine, it's 0.582s for Perl and 0.403s for Python.

map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]

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