From: lewisd@...00f.net (Derek Lewis)
Date: 2005-02-17T02:35:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Curious regexp behavior

On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 06:14:52PM +0900, Robert Klemme wrote:
> 
> 
> Did you try the same with the matching reversed, i.e., "rexp =~ word"
> instead of "word =~ rexp"?  Did it make a difference?
> 
> Kind regards
> 
>     robert
> 

I did, actually, and it was very slightly faster.  Still slower than an
inline regexp, however.

Thanks for the insightful answers, everyone.  It quite interesting to
find out how your favorite programming language works inside.

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