Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:20:54 +0200 From: Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org> To: Mike Haertel <mike@ducky.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why GNU grep is fast Message-ID: <4C724B86.7070205@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <201008210231.o7L2VRvI031700@ducky.net> References: <201008210231.o7L2VRvI031700@ducky.net>
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Em 2010.08.21. 4:31, Mike Haertel escreveu: > Hi Gabor, > > I am the original author of GNU grep. I am also a FreeBSD user, > although I live on -stable (and older) and rarely pay attention > to -current. > > However, while searching the -current mailing list for an unrelated > reason, I stumbled across some flamage regarding BSD grep vs GNU grep > performance. You may have noticed that discussion too... > > Anyway, just FYI, here's a quick summary of where GNU grep gets > its speed. Hopefully you can carry these ideas over to BSD grep. Thanks, Mike, I'll check how I could adopt these ideas into BSD grep. I think your kind help was such a nice gesture and the open souce world should be based on such cooperation instead of meaningless competition. Gabor
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