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One alternative, similar to the regex, is to use bit-wise AND. So, you'd create a bitmap of your board using vec() and compare it to known win conditions (which can be pre-generated). This is a very C-ish way of doing it.

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I shouldn't have to say this, but any code, unless otherwise stated, is untested

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