[Python-Dev] Priority queue (binary heap) python code
Aahz
aahz@pythoncraft.com
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 09:42:54 -0400
On Fri, Jun 28, 2002, David Abrahams wrote:
> From: "Tim Peters" <tim.one@comcast.net>
>>
>> OTOH, multiple attempts by multiple
>> groups to steal Perl's regexp engine years ago fizzled out in a tarpit of
>> frustration.
>
> Oh, I had the impression that Python's re *was* pilfered Perl.
Thank Fredrik for a brilliant job of re-implementing Perl's regex syntax
into something that I assume is maintainable (haven't looked at the code
myself) *and* Unicode compliant.
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