From: Giuseppe Bilotta <bilotta78@...>
Date: 2002-09-24T06:59:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Speed up suggestions (regex obj vs plain usage)

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"?

German influence?

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

"E la storia dell'umanit�, babbo?"
"Ma niente: prima si fanno delle cazzate,
 poi si studia che cazzate si sono fatte"
(Altan)
("And what about the history of the human race, dad?"
 "Oh, nothing special: first they make some foolish things,
  then you study which foolish things have been made")