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[โ€“] [email protected] 73 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I mean, I bet it failed at making a regex that worked much faster than you could fail at writing a regex that worked. Sounds like progress! :D

[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago

I am always suspicious if a regex I write doesn't throw some form of pattern compilation error. It usually means I'm not even close to the correct solution.