Regex slow on Windows Server 2008

Question

I have a situation where my regular expressions compile extremely slowly on Windows Server 2008. I wrote a small console application to highlight this issue. The app gener

Answer 1

I ran into the exact same problem. My app works fine on x86 machines but memory balloons and hangs on x64. Removing the compilation flag did not help. I tried this today on .net 4.0 and the problem remains. If you have a repro, I suggest you file a bug.

I think MSFT knows about this, see the bottom comment here

But let them decide if this is the same bug. Please add a link to your filing here if you file so I can add my comments to it.