Perl / python regex / performance comparison

2009-03-03 Thread Ivan
Hello everyone, I know this is not a direct python question, forgive me for that, but maybe some of you will still be able to help me. I've been told that for my application it would be best to learn a scripting language, so I looked around and found perl and python to be the nice. Their syntax an

Perl-python regex-performance comparison

2009-03-03 Thread Ivan
Hello everyone, I know this is not a direct python question, forgive me for that, but maybe some of you will still be able to help me. I've been told that for my application it would be best to learn a scripting language, so I looked around and found perl and python to be the nice. Their syntax an

Perl-python regex-performance comparison

2009-03-03 Thread Ivan
Hello everyone, I know this is not a direct python question, forgive me for that, but maybe some of you will still be able to help me. I've been told that for my application it would be best to learn a scripting language, so I looked around and found perl and python to be the nice. Their syntax an

Perl python - regex performance comparison

2009-03-03 Thread Ivan
Hello everyone, I know this is not a direct python question, forgive me for that, but maybe some of you will still be able to help me. I've been told that for my application it would be best to learn a scripting language, so I looked around and found perl and python to be the nice. Their syntax an

Re: Perl-python regex-performance comparison

2009-03-03 Thread Tino Wildenhain
Ivan wrote: Hello everyone, ... 1. Although it is all relatively similar, there are differences between regexes of these two. Which do you believe is the more powerful variant (maybe an example) ? 2. They are both interpreted languages, and I can't really be sure how they measure in speed. I

Re: Perl-python regex-performance comparison

2009-03-03 Thread Chris Rebert
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Ivan wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I know this is not a direct python question, forgive me for that, but > maybe some of you will still be able to help me. I've been told that > for my application it would be best to learn a scripting language, so > I looked around a

Re: Perl python - regex performance comparison

2009-03-03 Thread pruebauno
On Mar 3, 12:38 pm, Ivan wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I know this is not a direct python question, forgive me for that, but > maybe some of you will still be able to help me. I've been told that > for my application it would be best to learn a scripting language, so > I looked around and found per

Re: Perl / python regex / performance comparison

2009-03-03 Thread Ciprian Dorin, Craciun
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Ivan wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I know this is not a direct python question, forgive me for that, but > maybe some of you will still be able to help me. I've been told that > for my application it would be best to learn a scripting language, so > I looked around a

Re: Perl-python regex-performance comparison

2009-03-03 Thread MRAB
Chris Rebert wrote: On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Ivan wrote: Hello everyone, I know this is not a direct python question, forgive me for that, but maybe some of you will still be able to help me. I've been told that for my application it would be best to learn a scripting language, so I loo

Re: Perl-python regex-performance comparison

2009-03-03 Thread Steve Holden
Ivan wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I know this is not a direct python question, forgive me for that, but > maybe some of you will still be able to help me. I've been told that > for my application it would be best to learn a scripting language, so > I looked around and found perl and python to be t

Re: Perl-python regex-performance comparison

2009-03-03 Thread Vlastimil Brom
2009/3/3 MRAB wrote: >> > Python 2.7's regex will include possessive quantifiers, atomic groups, > variable-length lookbehinds, and Unicode properties (at least the common > ones), amongst other things. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > Wow, that's excellent news! Many

Re: Perl / python regex / performance comparison

2009-03-03 Thread Terry Reedy
Ivan wrote: Hello everyone, I know this is not a direct python question, forgive me for that, but maybe some of you will still be able to help me. I've been told that for my application it would be best to learn a scripting language, so I looked around and found perl and python to be the nice. T

Re: Perl-python regex-performance comparison

2009-03-03 Thread python
>> Python 2.7's regex will include possessive quantifiers, atomic groups, >> variable-length lookbehinds, and Unicode properties (at least the common >> ones), amongst other things. > Wow, that's excellent news! > Many thanks for all your efforts to enhance the re capabilities in > Python! +1 !!