David Manura writes: > $ lua > Lua 5.1.2 Copyright (C) 1994-2007 Lua.org, PUC-Rio > > =("a"):rep(2^32+2) > aa There are others: $ lua Lua 5.1.2 Copyright (C) 1994-2007 Lua.org, PUC-Rio > =string.gsub('aaaaaaaaaa', 'a', 'z', 2^32+2) zzaaaaaaaa 2