[pcre-dev] PCRE balks at huge crazy RE

I suspect that stock Windows compile of both (PCRE8 + UTF) or (PCRE16
+ UTF + UCP) hits some limits trying to compile this really crazy RE:
[1]https://gist.github.com/noprompt/6106573/raw/
(It's supposed to match any english word.)
I'd like to know which limit is hit.

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[2]jcd@???

References

1. https://gist.github.com/noprompt/6106573/raw/
2. mailto:jcd@q-e-d.org