Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 07:49:22 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org>, Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@yes.no>, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: replacing grep(1) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990727074003.69885A-100000@shell-1.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <12615.933078748@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > In this case, I'm all for the change, since I don't use grep for serious > regex work and the readability gain outweighs any loss of performance. > you probably feel the same way. Out opinions are those of developers, > though. It's always worth remembering that. Does any have numbers about how much slower the new grep is? I have been using the port (version 3) for my interactive grepping, and havedn't noticed a speed difference. I have been using it on zippy machines though, where 30% hit wouldn't be noticed. David Scheidt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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