Re: [PATCH] Use perl instead of tac

From: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
Date: Apr 28, 2008, 13:31 UTC
Message-ID: <4815D1A1.8020407@gnu.org>
In-Reply-To: <ee77f5c20804280612o3db1fb86nf089e2201f688d2f@mail.gmail.com>

David Symonds wrote:

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> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Randal L. Schwartz
> <merlyn@stonehenge.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> "Jörg" == Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de> writes:
>>  Jörg> What about using a shell function and a *big* variable or an intermediate
>>  Jörg> file?
>>
>>  What makes you think that's any more faster or efficient than calling Perl
>>  at this point?
> 
> I doubt Jörg suggested it for its speed, but it removes the dependency on Perl.
> 
> Bit ugly, still.

And quadratic, unlike Perl (and unlike sed, if it worked portably).

Paolo