On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:19:19 +0200 (Romance Daylight Time)
Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
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> > Regular expressions are great for simple text conversions. I use them
> > very often, except when I need speed.
> > Under Perl you can create a Trim function easily, but because Perl's
> > regex are faster compared to other operations, your choice will be
> > nearly always to use a regex. This is not true for FPC. Here you can
> > easily beat regular expressions in speed and memory.
> >
> > If you prefer some features of Perl (or any scripting language), then
> > why don't you create a unit with functions for your preferred
> > operations? Add regex, assoc. arrays, sort functions and the system
> > function and you can write small pascal programs as dirty and quick as
> > perl. Your program will still be easier to read, extend and maintain.
> > I'm planning to write such a unit and write a wiki page or small article
> > for perl users.
>
> This kind of stuff can better be added to the FPC packages or the FCL,
>
> it's nothing visual, after all...
Of course.
Although I have no clue, how it should be named. SimpleUtils? PerlUtils?
> Maybe there are other goodies in Lazarus that qualify ?
DynHashArray, DynQueue, StringHashList, the UTF functions of LCLProc, parts
of FPCAdds, parts of FileUtil, gdk2x11.
Mattias
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