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Re:The true power of regular expressions (2012) by Gabriel54 on Monday August 03, 2026 @08:10AM (#49154698)
Regex can also be horribly slow - it depends on the particular regex you are using.
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Re:The true power of regular expressions (2012) by flossly on Monday August 03, 2026 @10:08AM (#49156006)
> Regex can also be horribly slow - it depends on the particular regex you are using.

And the alternative approach we are comparing to.

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