complete_and_utter_ruby_fail.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

s  = "I really think this regexp engine sucks, why don't they just use PCRE?"
re = /((\w+\s*)+ regexp)$/

re.match(s)

puts "NIH, muthafuckaz, NIH!!!!!!!!"  # p.s you'll never see this line

["i love this regexp","this regexp sucks","this regexp sucks hard","this regexp sucks so hard","this regexp sucks so fucking bad","this regexp sucks so hard it hurts","this regexp is so fucking retarded it will shut your system down","you really dont want to run this regexp ever"].each{|s| puts s; /((\w+\s*)+ regexp)$/.match(s)}

import re
s = "I really think this regexp engine sucks, why don't they just use PCRE?"
m = re.search("((\w+\s*)+ regexp)$",s)

(Hint: that's not ruby code and it runs just as slowly :))

:mod +Text.Regex.Posix

let s = "I really think this regexp engine sucks, why don't they just use PCRE?"
let r = "((\\w+\\s*)+ regexp)$"
s =~ r :: Bool

(Definitely not Ruby code, but they seem to get it right.)