--- a/progs/re3.scala	Mon Jul 27 11:02:48 2020 +0100
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-// A version with simplification of derivatives;
-// this keeps the regular expressions small, which
-// is good for the run-time
- 
-
-abstract class Rexp
-case object ZERO extends Rexp
-case object ONE extends Rexp
-case class CHAR(c: Char) extends Rexp
-case class ALT(r1: Rexp, r2: Rexp) extends Rexp 
-case class SEQ(r1: Rexp, r2: Rexp) extends Rexp 
-case class STAR(r: Rexp) extends Rexp 
-case class NTIMES(r: Rexp, n: Int) extends Rexp 
-
-
-
-// the nullable function: tests whether the regular 
-// expression can recognise the empty string
-def nullable (r: Rexp) : Boolean = r match {
-  case ZERO => false
-  case ONE => true
-  case CHAR(_) => false
-  case ALT(r1, r2) => nullable(r1) || nullable(r2)
-  case SEQ(r1, r2) => nullable(r1) && nullable(r2)
-  case STAR(_) => true
-  case NTIMES(r, i) => if (i == 0) true else nullable(r)
-}
-
-// the derivative of a regular expression w.r.t. a character
-def der (c: Char, r: Rexp) : Rexp = r match {
-  case ZERO => ZERO
-  case ONE => ZERO
-  case CHAR(d) => if (c == d) ONE else ZERO
-  case ALT(r1, r2) => ALT(der(c, r1), der(c, r2))
-  case SEQ(r1, r2) => 
-    if (nullable(r1)) ALT(SEQ(der(c, r1), r2), der(c, r2))
-    else SEQ(der(c, r1), r2)
-  case STAR(r1) => SEQ(der(c, r1), STAR(r1))
-  case NTIMES(r, i) => 
-    if (i == 0) ZERO else SEQ(der(c, r), NTIMES(r, i - 1))
-}
-
-def simp(r: Rexp) : Rexp = r match {
-  case ALT(r1, r2) => (simp(r1), simp(r2)) match {
-    case (ZERO, r2s) => r2s
-    case (r1s, ZERO) => r1s
-    case (r1s, r2s) => if (r1s == r2s) r1s else ALT (r1s, r2s)
-  }
-  case SEQ(r1, r2) =>  (simp(r1), simp(r2)) match {
-    case (ZERO, _) => ZERO
-    case (_, ZERO) => ZERO
-    case (ONE, r2s) => r2s
-    case (r1s, ONE) => r1s
-    case (r1s, r2s) => SEQ(r1s, r2s)
-  }
-  case r => r
-}
-
-
-// the derivative w.r.t. a string (iterates der)
-def ders(s: List[Char], r: Rexp) : Rexp = s match {
-  case Nil => r
-  case c::s => ders(s, simp(der(c, r)))
-}
-
-
-// the main matcher function
-def matcher(r: Rexp, s: String) : Boolean = 
-  nullable(ders(s.toList, r))
-
-
-// one or zero
-def OPT(r: Rexp) = ALT(r, ONE)
-
-
-// Test Cases
-
-// evil regular expressions: (a?){n} a{n}  and (a*)* b
-def EVIL1(n: Int) = SEQ(NTIMES(OPT(CHAR('a')), n), NTIMES(CHAR('a'), n))
-val EVIL2 = SEQ(STAR(STAR(CHAR('a'))), CHAR('b'))
-
-
-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)
-}
-
-
-//test: (a?{n}) (a{n})
-for (i <- 0 to 8000 by 1000) {
-  println(f"$i: ${time_needed(3, matcher(EVIL1(i), "a" * i))}%.5f")
-}
-
-//test: (a*)* b
-for (i <- 0 to 6000000 by 500000) {
-  println(f"$i: ${time_needed(3, matcher(EVIL2, "a" * i))}%.5f")
-}
-
-
-// size of a regular expressions - for testing purposes 
-def size(r: Rexp) : Int = r match {
-  case ZERO => 1
-  case ONE => 1
-  case CHAR(_) => 1
-  case ALT(r1, r2) => 1 + size(r1) + size(r2)
-  case SEQ(r1, r2) => 1 + size(r1) + size(r2)
-  case STAR(r) => 1 + size(r)
-  case NTIMES(r, _) => 1 + size(r)
-}
-
-
-// now the size of the derivatives grows 
-// much, much slower
-
-size(ders("".toList, EVIL2))      // 5
-size(ders("a".toList, EVIL2))     // 8
-size(ders("aa".toList, EVIL2))    // 8
-size(ders("aaa".toList, EVIL2))   // 8
-size(ders("aaaa".toList, EVIL2))  // 8
-size(ders("aaaaa".toList, EVIL2)) // 8
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