--- a/progs/catastrophic/catastrophic2.py	Tue Nov 18 11:33:20 2025 +0000
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import re
-import sys
-
-# case of catastrophic backtracking in Python
-#
-# regex: (a*)*b
-# strings: aa...a
-#
-# call with timing as:
-#
-#    time ./catastrophic2.py 20
-
-# counter n given on the command line
-cn = sys.argv[1]
-
-# calling the matching function
-s = ("a" * int(cn))
-m = re.fullmatch('(a*)*b' , s) 
-
-print(s)
-print(bool(m))