Re: Re (tilly) 1: U.S. State Names

[merlyn]

Which would be the same as split /\s{2,}/, ..., right?

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

[tilly]

Right down to the number of characters.

I find \s\s+ slightly more obvious than \s{2,} but that is entirely a matter of taste.

*shrug*

(Something tells me that there is a remote chance that Ilya treats the {2,} construct as more complex, falls into a general case, and might not always optimize it as well. If you ask him, please tell me the answer.)