At 11:52 AM 8/2/00 -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote:
>Graham Barr writes:
> > Why would the fuzzy regex not be done this way ?
>
>I have some small objections:
>
>I think one regexp syntax with potentially wildly variable
>interpretations is a dangerous thing. If we want fuzzy
>regexp matching, either put it into the core's re engine
>or make it a module that doesn't use =~ and qr//.
Not qr, but =~'s OK. Nothing wrong with:
$re_thing = Some::Other::RE::Engine("ads7*&$$34/*@#^");
$foo =~ /$re_thing/;
>My big objection to a dynamically loadable core is my
>experience (admittedly limited) with GNOME and Mozilla.
>They're big Big BIG ... fat Fat FAT ... pigs Pigs PIGS.
>I see the plethora of componentized libraries as part of
>the problem. I fear Perl becoming a big fat pig too.
Perl will be snappy, if I have to build and test the thing on the
VaxStation II/GPX I've got at home. (At 1/3 VUP, it can be described many
ways, but "fast" is not one of 'em)
Dan
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