Re: [Boost-Users] Quicker than boost RegEx?

From: John Maddock (john_maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-23 05:28:17

>Hi.
>After trying boost RegEx++ in intensive string processing(NLP),
>performance is poor.
>Simply, for those who wants the quickest regex modules in C++/C ,
>does anybody know what´s the best open source alternative?
>Thank you.

I plan a re-write this autumn to improve performance, but seriously it's not
that bad compared to the opposition: see
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/john_maddock/proposals/exregex.htm.

Ultimately if performance is that important to you then regex's are the
wrong tool - you probably should be using YACC or whatever...

John Maddock
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/john_maddock/index.htm