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slow_regex.pl
# http://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp1.html
$_ = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
if ( m/a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/ ) {
print "hello";
}
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