grep library?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Hello,


A coworker implemented a system that spawns grep to rummage through a 
large log file. Apparently doing so is quite a bit faster than using a 
regex.

This is because grep is highly specialized and optimized. I was 
wondering if we could implement a grepping library that builds on 
regex's strengths and also grep's many optimization tricks: 
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2010-August/019310.html


Andrei