... but rather as a problem that has undoubtedly been solved a hundred times before. Our true objective, then, is just to find it.

CPAN often has more than one solution, and the true problem then is to find the solution or implementation that fits best. Often, this means finding the fastest solution and / or the solution that can cope with huge ammounts of data, and / or simply the one that has the least number of critical bugs. Another restriction may be the lack of a C compiler, so XS-based modules can not be used unless someone else has already compiled them. (A typical problem with ActivePerl on Win32.)

Alexander

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Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)

In reply to Re^2: regex question by afoken
in thread regex question by Anonymous Monk

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