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Who cares about time complexity (lemmy.world)
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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Should do a regex find all then iterate over each chunk recursively until unchanged.

[–] ZTechnical@programming.dev 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

there was no regex in ancient rome

[–] felbane@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Actually there were seven kings prior to the establishment of the republic, at which point they expelled the rulers... a reg-ex if you will.