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chr15m 43 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: NP-overrated

What do you want it to do under those conditions then? Stall pathologically?

inigyou 43 days ago [–]

Yes? If someone locks up the CPU for 60 seconds while your regex library is running, it should take 60 seconds longer to give the same result.

chr15m 42 days ago | [–]

Why would you use wall clock time for this?

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