--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/re-internal.scala	Mon Oct 29 12:31:31 2012 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+// 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))))  
+}
+
+
+