--- a/data.sty	Tue Oct 06 13:32:00 2020 +0100
+++ b/data.sty	Wed Oct 07 09:08:55 2020 +0100
@@ -101,6 +101,22 @@
 27  22.430
 \end{filecontents}
 
+% Dart, example (a*)*b  
+\begin{filecontents}{re-dart.data}
+20 0.042
+21 0.084
+22 0.190
+23 0.340
+24 0.678
+25 1.369
+26 2.700
+27 5.462
+28 10.908
+29 21.725
+30 43.492
+\end{filecontents}
+
+
 % Java 8, example (a*)*b  
 \begin{filecontents}{re-java.data}
 5  0.00298

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/progs/catastrophic/catastrophic.dart	Wed Oct 07 09:08:55 2020 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/// A case of catastrophic backtracking in Dart
+///---------------------------------------------
+/// example provided by Martin Todorov
+///
+/// regex: (a*)*b
+/// strings: aa...a
+///
+/// run with
+///
+///    dart catastrophic.dart n
+
+
+main(List<String> args) {
+  final n = int.parse(args[0]);
+  final evilRegex = RegExp("(a*)*b");
+
+  for(int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
+    final toMatch = "a" * i;
+    final stopwatch = Stopwatch()..start();
+    evilRegex.hasMatch(toMatch);
+    print("$i a's matched in ${stopwatch.elapsed}");
+  }
+}

Binary file slides/slides02.pdf has changed

--- a/slides/slides02.tex	Tue Oct 06 13:32:00 2020 +0100
+++ b/slides/slides02.tex	Wed Oct 07 09:08:55 2020 +0100
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         numbers=none,
         xleftmargin=0mm}
 
-\pgfplotsset{compat=1.12}
+\pgfplotsset{compat=1.17}
 
 \newcommand{\bl}[1]{\textcolor{blue}{#1}}     
 
@@ -887,13 +887,14 @@
     axis lines=left,
     width=9cm,
     height=5.5cm, 
-    legend entries={Java 8, Python, JavaScript, Swift},  
+    legend entries={Java 8,Python,JavaScript,Swift,Dart},  
     legend pos=north west,
     legend cell align=left]
 \addplot[blue,mark=*, mark options={fill=white}] table {re-python2.data};
 \addplot[cyan,mark=*, mark options={fill=white}] table {re-java.data};
 \addplot[red,mark=*, mark options={fill=white}] table {re-js.data};
 \addplot[magenta,mark=*, mark options={fill=white}] table {re-swift.data};
+\addplot[brown,mark=*, mark options={fill=white}] table {re-dart.data};
 \end{axis}
 \end{tikzpicture}
 \end{center}