Re: rx-1.5 ...

[Stepan Kasal]

Hi Tom and all,

On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 10:24:06PM -0700, Tom Lord wrote:
> approximations, the rule in the free software world is "ignore Tom
> Lord as much as possible". 

OK, I'll ignore the rule, as it was said by Tom Lord.
Thus I won't ignore you.

So you recommend rx from libhackerlab from ftp.regexps.com .

Another new implementation of regexps is part of GNU libc CVS;
I understand it was donated by IBM Japan.
It also has dfa integrated.

And Peter Tillier told me that Henry Spencer's new dfa implementation
is capable to handle backreferences.  (If I remember that correctly.)

Are there other regex implementations?  Which one should one choose
and why?

I'd be glad if anyone helped me to get oriented in this field.

Thanks,
        Stepan Kasal