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/dog|fish/
With dogfish it matches dog, not fish, even though fish is longer
Because dog is further to the left
Similarly:
/Larry|Larry Wall/
Good Morning Larry Wall
It gets Larry, not Larry Wall
Even though Larry Wall is longer
Because Perl tries the alternatives in order
We'll see later that this is useful
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