-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/10/08 10:25, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 08:35:25AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> Maybe. What I do know is that Perl's regex functionality has been >> *highly* optimized over the years. So, if the task is pattern >> matching over large datasets, Perl is the language to use, even over >> compiled languages. > > Take a look at libpcre*
Interesting. But I'd still choose Perl, unless the app were demonstrated to be "slow". - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIJcggS9HxQb37XmcRAldQAJ0eEOGRHdSfA8V0WDtAYl0tIrOrGQCffxB0 /eZRojCjRJCzRlNDG74c8QY= =U4qz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]