"Ronan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> how much difference would it make if the spamd server was rewritten to use > pcre. Obviously this wuold run x10 s of times faster than the current perl > native implementation. > > I presume other people have considered this and decided against it for > various reasons as I cant seem to find any reference to it on the web. > > Anyone have any input on this? What would be the implications? Should it > just be a straight translation perl -> c , or are there other factors? Ronan, Why would using pcre be quicker? Perl's regex engine is written in C as well. Besides, there is more to SA than just matching regexes. cheers, John
