This example is pasted from the manual, and C-g doesn't work. :-(
(string-match "\\(x+y*\\)*a" "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxz")
Fortunately, `kill -FPE PID' works.
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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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Jone's law: The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of
someone to blame it on.