[ I don't have the original posters email at this terminal ]
> if you are building for speed avoid $&, $' and $` as they make copies of
If you really really needed it to be fast you might look into writting it in
C using PCRE ( Perl Compatible Regular Expression ).
http://www.google.com/search?q=pcre
But maybe that's just wishful thinking :)
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