--- a/progs/re-internal.scala	Mon Jul 27 11:02:48 2020 +0100
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-
-// measures the time a function needs
-def time_needed[T](i: Int, code: => T) = {
-  val start = System.nanoTime()
-  for (j <- 1 to i) code
-  val end = System.nanoTime()
-  (end - start)/(i * 1.0e9)
-}
- 
-
-for (i <- 1 to 10001 by 300) {
-  val re = ("((a?){" + i + "})(a{" + i + "})")
-  println(i + " " + "%.5f".format(time_needed(1, ("a" * i).matches(re))))  
-}
-
-
-