diff -r 3e1b8266ea65 -r 1aec0e1fda86 progs/catastrophic.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/progs/catastrophic.py	Sun Aug 21 18:15:53 2016 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import re
+import sys
+
+cn = sys.argv[1]
+
+r1 = '((a?){%s})' % cn
+r2 = 'a{%s}' % cn
+
+m = re.match(r1 + r2 , "a" * int(cn)) 
+
+print m.group(0)