diff --git a/9-regular-expressions/15-regexp-catastrophic-backtracking/article.md b/9-regular-expressions/15-regexp-catastrophic-backtracking/article.md index 080f92af..3411e7eb 100644 --- a/9-regular-expressions/15-regexp-catastrophic-backtracking/article.md +++ b/9-regular-expressions/15-regexp-catastrophic-backtracking/article.md @@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ let str = "An input string that takes a long time or even makes this regexp hang alert( regexp.test(str) ); ``` -To be fair, let's note that some regular expression engines can handle such a search effectively. But most of them can't. Browser engines usually hang (Google Chrome can handle such a search since version 88 due to a new experimental regular expression engine shipped in V8, JavaScript engine for browsers and Node.js). +To be fair, let's note that some regular expression engines can handle such a search effectively, while some can't. + +For example, V8 engine version starting from 8.8 can handle such a search (so Google Chrome 88 doesn't hang here). ## Simplified example