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There are multiple alternatives you can already use as an alternative, like ripgrep. What are you proposing, switching out the command `grep` for another utilit

There are multiple alternatives you can already use as an alternative, like ripgrep. What are you proposing, switching out the command `grep` for another utility? Sounds like that could introduce a ton of breakage, for little value. People who want a faster grep will use a different thing, while people who use grep can continue to use it. Sounds like an ideal situation already.

eviks 3y ago
It still wastes time of all the people on the road to that realization, including the time spent looking for a better alternative
asicsp 3y ago
Another reason would be if you want to follow POSIX standards. For example, `GNU grep` supports `POSIXLY_CORRECT` environment variable.