From: Art Taylor <art@...>
Date: 2013-02-02T04:46:12+09:00
Subject: Re: How backtracking works in Ruby?


On 1 Feb 2013, at 2:53 AM, Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
> Look into the regexp engines implementation.  You won't easily see how
> the regexp engine works internally by only using it.  Better yet, get
> a copy of "Mastering Regular Expressions" and digest it.

This is very solid advice.  It's one of the references that you will use for years beyond Ruby.

-a.