Re^3: Compare 2 files and create a new one if it matches

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In addition to the raw storage of a large and not-so large file, I've no idea how much memory processing the regex would take. I am also a bit doubful of the likelihood of a regex with several thousand alternatives actually working. The Brute Force & Ignorance method does have its downsides.

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Re^4: Compare 2 files and create a new one if it matches by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 23, 2008 at 02:05 UTC
I am also a bit doubful of the likelihood of a regex with several thousand alternatives actually working. I used List::Regexp, so there's at most {character set size} alternatives in each alteration.	[reply]

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