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From: mack@inco.UUCP (Dave Mack)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Comparison of gnugrep and BM grep
Message-ID: <4544@inco.UUCP>
Date: 10 Feb 89 23:05:31 GMT
Reply-To: mack@inco.UUCP (Dave Mack)
Organization: McDonnell Douglas-INCO, McLean, VA
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Enclosed is a speed comparison of the gnugrep package just posted 
to comp.sources.unix and James Woods' BM fastgrep package that was
posted in Volume 9 of c.s.u.

Sun 2/170 SunOS3.4:
The Khadafy Test
gnugrep:
        2.2 real         1.6 user         0.3 sys  
fastgrep:
        0.7 real         0.3 user         0.2 sys  

Spencer Test
gnugrep:
       70.6 real        22.5 user        39.1 sys  
fastgrep:
Spencer test #36 failed
Spencer test #51 failed
Spencer test #52 failed
Spencer test #55 failed
Spencer test #71 failed
Spencer test #78 failed
Spencer test #122 failed
       63.4 real        10.7 user        40.2 sys