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On 7/10/2013 3:55 AM, Mats Peterson wrote:
> A moderator who calls himself =E2=80=9Canimuson=E2=80=9D on Stack Overf=
low doesn=E2=80=99t
> want to face the truth. He has deleted all my postings regarding Python=

> regular expression matching being extremely slow compared to Perl.
> Additionally my account has been suspended for 7 days. Such a dickwad.

Your opinion of "animuson" is off-topic for this list.

StackOverflow is explicitly for technical questions with technical=20
answers. I believe opinions, languages comparisions, and flamebaits in=20
general are explicitly banned and subject to removal and possible=20
banning. So are subterfuges like phrasing banned topics as questions.

Given your behavior here, I am 90+% sure animuson's action was appropriat=
e.

--=20
Terry Jan Reedy