All correct but missing one major thing. Bigevil has it's regex tweaked like mad! Size does matter on a heavy traffic server. I urge you to look at both files. If you have a light traffic server stearns lists are GREAT! But it will crush high traffic. Bigevil started like Stearns' rules.
Agreed, and I remember back when bigevil was a flat list.
In general I was more commenting on the nature of what goes into the list, and wasn't discussing the size of the lists and how they work at a rule-construction level.
