From: Mike Stok <mike@...>
Date: 2002-09-24T06:39:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Speed up suggestions (regex obj vs plain usage)

In article <52995333-CF39-11D6-8A13-0030657CEB62@zenspider.com>,
Ryan Davis wrote:
> 
> On Monday, September 23, 2002, at 02:08 PM, Gavin Sinclair wrote:
> 
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ryan Davis" <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com>
>>
>>> NOW, can someone tell me why regexen in place are much faster than
>>> instantiated regexen?
>>
>> Can somebody tell me why the plural of "regex" is "regexen"?
> 
> no.

Oh, go on!  One reference is:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/Overgeneralization.html

Hope this helps,

Mike

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