Re: decimal -> Binary

John Douglas Porter <[email protected]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:40:57 -0800 (PST)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.perl.fun
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Olof Johansson <[email protected]> wrote:
> But why is that not greedy?

Remember, the *first* match wins, even if it's shorter
than a possible later match.

ISTR that some have argued that's a bug.

Well, too bad. It's too late. :-)

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john "many jars" porter