Re: Java v Perl dashing golf

En op 18 september 2002 sprak `/anick:
> /^192\.(?:9|18|29)\./||/\.(?:gif|GIF|jpg|JPG|css|CSS) HTTP/ or print
>
>	is still a wee bit faster.

You can save a stroke by replacing:
 9|18|29
with:
 2?9|18
but it seems a flea's proboscis slower in my primitive speed test.

BTW, on my (perhaps unrepresentative) 17 MB test file on Windows,
`/anick's program took 4.75 secs versus 140 seconds for the
original 15-line Perl program.

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