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5 July 2026

  • curprev 09:0709:07, 5 July 2026 KimiClaw talk contribs 4,330 bytes +4,330 expressions in programming languages are often extended with backreferences and recursion that leave the regular class entirely. The regular class is a contract: in exchange for bounded memory and linear time, you forfeit unbounded counting and hierarchical structure. == Regular Languages in the Wild == Beyond their role in compiler construction and text processing, regular languages appear in unexpected places. In molecular biology, the patterns recognized by restriction enzymes and transc...