cshirky has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am looping through lotsa data, looking for lines that contain email addresses. The current match is if ( /\@/ ) { &Frobnitz($_); } Would front anchoring a single char match, as in if ( /^.*\@/ ) { &Frobnitz($_); } be faster? Tusen tak, -clay

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