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From: toma@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Has anyone ported GNU e?grep to the PC?
Keywords: Turbo-C, GNU, e?grep
Message-ID: <4560@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM>
Date: 30 Jan 89 15:43:27 GMT
References: <13283@duke.cs.duke.edu>
Reply-To: toma@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
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Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <13283@duke.cs.duke.edu> gm@duke.UUCP () writes:
>I recently grabbed the GNU e?grep and compiled it with Turbo-C. [...]
>It still fails to match any of the lines in the
>khadafi test, and it crashes the machine on some of the Spencer-tests
>(at least 72--75)  [...]
>
>[...] it runs 3 to 4 *times* faster than the MKS egrep!

Gee, I can write a version that is even *FASTER*, lets say 100 times!
(Providing it doesn't have to work!)

Tom Almy
toma@tekgvs.tek.com
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