"Regular Expression Matching Can Be Simple And Fast" [1] is worth a read (by Russ Cox of Bell Labs and Go fame). [1]: https://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp1.htm

"Regular Expression Matching Can Be Simple And Fast" [1] is worth a read (by Russ Cox of Bell Labs and Go fame). [1]: https://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp1.html https://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp1.html