... the context ...

But the context is a discussion of regex quantification, and what is the meaning of deferred or on-demand quantification?

I will make my last-ditch stand upon an appeal to authority: The Book* by Friedl, which uses "lazy" as the primary term for this quantification mode. And there you have it: Friedl said it; I believe it; that settles it!

* At least, the second edition of The Book. For some reason, I couldn't dig out my copy of the first edition, but I'm sure it uses the same terminology. I never bought the third edition. While preferring the term lazy, Friedl also acknowledges the terms "minimal matching", "non-greedy" and "ungreedy". I think I would use maximal/minimal matching in full-blown pedant mode (it is completely unambiguous WRT, e.g., deferred/on-demand/eager evaluation), but too cumbersome for everyday use; greedy/lazy for me. Ungreedy is just more Newspeak and so not to my taste.

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In reply to Re^5: What are greedy and lazy matching in Perl? by AnomalousMonk
in thread What is greedy and lazy Matching in perl by shankonit

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