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Using Golang as an example of real world regex performance is borderline dishonest. Their regex engine is notoriously unoptimized and is not intended to be a st
by coolsunglasses 13y ago
Using Golang as an example of real world regex performance is borderline dishonest. Their regex engine is notoriously unoptimized and is not intended to be a strong point of the language.
- Titanous 13y agoIt's not "unoptimized", it has a different design[1] than other language implementations, resulting in different performance characteristics. [1] http://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp1.html http://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp1.html
- kbenson 13y agoNot just a different design, a different set of features. For example, no backreferences.