Re[2]: [fpc-devel] what fpc is good for?

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Mon, 14 May 2007, Пётр Косаревский wrote:

> http://shootout.alioth.debian.org
> 
> Regex program is still missing. It was discussed some time ago.
> 
> Did any licensing competent FreePascal developer try to contact http://www.regexpstudio.com/TRegExpr/TRegExpr.html about self-proclaimed "TRegExpr - Freeware Delphi Regular Expressions Library... The library source code is compatible with Delphi 2-7, Borland C++ Builder 3-6, Kylix, FreePascal"?
> 
> It worked under FPC with the benchmark some time ago, it would provide the last program for "shootout" if included in FPC.

What is wrong with the regular expression support in Free Pascal ?
Is it not powerful enough for the shootout benchmark ?

Michael.