Speeding up application startup

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <mailman.989874324.31233.python-list at python.org>,
Carlos Ribeiro  <cribeiro at mail.inet.com.br> wrote:
>
>The original question got me curious, and I have a related
>question: There is any work being done to optimize the regular
>expression syntax itself? As it seems, compiling regular expressions
>is a relatively 'heavy duty' process. It should be possible to have a
>simpler syntax for it, with a representation better suited for fast
>compilation.
>
>Of course, the actual regular expression syntax is well known. But we
>already have market for several different computer languages. Why not
>propose a different syntax for regular expressions? There are something
>on these lines already happening?

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