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why GNU grep is faster than FreeBSD grep

• ysleepy 11y ago
  That post says nothing about FreeBSDs grep or why GNU grep is faster.
• feld 11y ago
  fun fact: the author of gnu grep is actually a freebsd user :) the linked email thread is also more informative than the blog post, so why not go there directly? https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2010-August/019310.html https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2010-Aug...
• aexaey 11y ago
  Two more remarks: 1. Original article on FreeBSD mailing list is from 2010; 2. Original article claims 20% speed improvement for --mmap. This option is gone since: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.grep.bugs/5049 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.grep.bugs/5049