Re: [WebDNA] [middle]
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2015
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 111945
interpreted = N
texte = I think the only reason it is there is because there was a universal = open source C port (library) that someone did, and it gave PC servers = the power of grep. As of now, it is a *nix based language and we do have = access to the system grep (on the OS) via [SHELL]. I think the best way = to go forward with our version of [grep] (which is quite useful) is to = start a wiki (or interactive docs) where users can create the grep docs = over time. It is really not that far off from the ideas of GNU grep, = and I personally know a lot of the quirks / workarounds.. and I=92m sure = many of you do to. Over some time, we could not only create community = docs for it, but we could improve it.=20 Just my .02=A2 On Jan 15, 2015, at 11:44 PM, christophe.billiottet@webdna.us wrote: > About GREP, the current implementation is old and basic. There is no = full documentation as far as I know. Unfortunately, our GREP syntax = would collide with the full GREP implementation, making it backward = incompatible. All those who implemented [grep] in their design would see = it behave a different way. If we can include the full version of grep in = WebDNA (I have to check if it is under GNU General Public License), we = could name it [grep2]
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I think the only reason it is there is because there was a universal = open source C port (library) that someone did, and it gave PC servers = the power of grep. As of now, it is a *nix based language and we do have = access to the system grep (on the OS) via
[shell]. I think the best way = to go forward with our version of
[grep] (which is quite useful) is to = start a wiki (or interactive docs) where users can create the grep docs = over time. It is really not that far off from the ideas of GNU grep, = and I personally know a lot of the quirks / workarounds.. and I=92m sure = many of you do to. Over some time, we could not only create community = docs for it, but we could improve it.=20 Just my .02=A2 On Jan 15, 2015, at 11:44 PM, christophe.billiottet@webdna.us wrote: > About GREP, the current implementation is old and basic. There is no = full documentation as far as I know. Unfortunately, our GREP syntax = would collide with the full GREP implementation, making it backward = incompatible. All those who implemented
[grep] in their design would see = it behave a different way. If we can include the full version of grep in = WebDNA (I have to check if it is under GNU General Public License), we = could name it [grep2]
Donovan Brooke
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