Re^2: Is there a hard limit on + in a regex?

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Uh, just pointing out that the article you're referring to is talking about perl 5.002. The author even talks about running it on his 175 MHz DEC Alpha and having the code take 4 hours.

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Re^3: Is there a hard limit on + in a regex? by Roy Johnson (Monsignor) on Jul 10, 2004 at 03:01 UTC
True, but I haven't found any perldelta that says it has changed. We're not really tightening our belts, it just feels that way because we're getting fatter.	[reply]

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