Visit
http://www.inetarena.com/~briand/prog_lang.html
to obtain the package.
I only have a Linux system to test it on, so other OS'es may require
tweaks to the compilation and linking options to get the shared
library working. Also be aware that I am using 3.99.4.
The pcre options are supported as an optional argument during regular
expression compilation. The locale stuff is NOT included at run time,
yet... Sorry Erick.
I think I would also like to add some "convenience" functions to
access the group strings, a perl-like "$1" functionality.
Further testing shows that the packages are closer than I previously
thought, with pcre almost always slightly faster than the current
regexp package.
Well, I couldn't resist so I put the same benchmark program in perl
and it ran 2x faster than the stk version :-(. Then again, there are
lies, damn lies and benchmarks.
I also remember why I don't use perl :-)
Still I was surprised. It seems to me that there shouldn't be that
much overhead in the scheme version. Maybe the perl regexp package
that much faster ?
Brian
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Brian Denheyer briand_at_deldotd.com
Deldot Design, Inc. (503) 788-1607
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Received on Thu Feb 25 1999 - 09:38:29 CET