>> > I have seen gnu sed version 1.* beat bsd sed by 2-3x.
>>
>> Partly my fault, I fear. The regular-expression code used in BSD sed,
>> last I checked, was the version I supplied for 4.4BSD... which works but
>> was done in haste and is rather slow. A much improved new release (new
>> implementation, in fact) is imminent, and the BSDI folk are likely to take
>> advantage of it (they've prodded me about it from time to time).
>
>Cool. I think I have bugged you a few times too.
>
>I hate to see the GNU tools beat the BSD tools.
>
>PostgreSQL(www.postgresql.org) is ready to your replace your old regex
>code with your new code as soon as you are ready. FYI, we have a
>February 1 beta planned if you need testers.
>
>Hope you will announce something publically when it is ready.
Please do not remove the old regex code in current source tree
(ifdef'ed is ok) since I will not have enough time right now to make
I18N version of the new regex code.
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Tatsuo Ishii
