>>>>> "S" == Sean Russell <ser / maus.germane-software.com> writes:

S> If we're concerned with obtaining maximum Perl compatibility, why not 
S> steal the regex code from Perl?  Was it too difficult to merge into
S> the Ruby source tree?

 It's preferable to wait. Actually the regexp engine of perl is re-written to
 remove the recursion.


Guy Decoux