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The performance of Boost.Regex in both recursive and non-recursive modes
should be broadly comparable to other regular expression libraries: recursive
mode is slightly faster (especially where memory allocation requires thread
synchronisation), but not by much. The following pages compare Boost.Regex
with various other regular expression libraries for the following compilers:
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Boost.Regex implementation)</a>.
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Boost.Regex implementation)</a>.
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