Re^2: Help with speeding up regex

If this is to eliminate false positives, why is it necessary to count all the negative hits?
Doesn't the presence of just one false hit exclude a document?
If so, the simplest optimisation might be remove the /g;
Presumably, this is just one example of a generic problem?
Otherwise, if you'd just left the regex running from the point where you posted your question, until you posted your follow-up, you would have processed a little under 1 million documents of the size of those you've linked.
If it is a generic problem of optimising complex regexes, then you'll need a programmable solution.
Whilst it may be possible to hand-optimise the supplied regex to cut runtime, you'd then be faced with having to do it all again for the next set of false matches.
Perhaps the next simplest solution would be to multi-task your processing of the documents.
Spread your load across the 4 cores of a typical current machine and you can cut your processing time to a 1/4.
Purchase a $100 of Amazon's EC2 time and cut your processing time to 1/100th or less.

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Re^3: Help with speeding up regex by eversuhoshin (Sexton) on Aug 14, 2012 at 02:54 UTC
Dear Browser, Thank you for your kind reply. Can you tell me how I can do multi-task processing? that would be very very helpful! Thank you again!	[reply]
Re^4: Help with speeding up regex by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 14, 2012 at 03:04 UTC
At its simplest, split your list of document filenames or urls into (say) 4 files, then (concurrently) run 4 copies of your program supplying a different filename to each. Beyond that, we'd need to see the structure of your current program before we could advise on ways of multi-tasking it. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. The start of some sanity?	[reply]