On the filesizes I was working with (log files) both silver surfer and GNU grep would lock up and crash. Ripgrep handled the same thing in _seconds_. The differ

On the filesizes I was working with (log files) both silver surfer and GNU grep would lock up and crash. Ripgrep handled the same thing in _seconds_. The difference in speed is staggering you may not think the speed bothers you, but I can't go back after installing ripgrep. Its the difference between my mind wandering waiting for a search to complete, versus instantly seeing the results and not losing a train of thought.