Deep Dive: How .NET Regular Expressions really work.

Have you ever wondered how Regular Expressions really work? Most of us (myself included) just take the implementation for granted, but Jeff Moser of Moserware has posted a most excellent, very in-depth overview how Regular Expressions have been implemented in .NET.

A must read for anyone who would like a deeper knowledge about what really happens under the hood and Jeff has done a brilliant job of pulling it into one consistent article.

Whilst on the subject of RegEx’s, I use Expresso for my regex testing.