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Re:Regex Golf by acln on Friday December 20, 2013 @10:31AM (#6941827)
Balance (194)

  ^<.*>$|^<<.*>>$|^<<<.*>>>$
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Re:Regex Golf by nadinengland on Friday December 20, 2013 @11:13AM (#6942082)
Balance (286)

  ^(<(<(<(<(<(<<>>)*>)*>)*>)*>)*>)*$
If we had named captures:

  ^(((?<P><)|(?<-P>>))*(?(P)(?!)))$
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Re:Regex Golf by skeltoac on Saturday December 21, 2013 @03:17PM (#6947852)
Balance (288) with one bad match: ^(<(<(<(..)>)>)>)$
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Re:Regex Golf by harpastum on Friday December 20, 2013 @01:17PM (#6942974)
Balance (212)

[<>]{28}

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