On Mar 12, 2004, at 11:07 AM, Bill Jonas wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 10:03:19AM -0700, Chris Gehlker wrote:
>> I don't believe there *are* non-GNU greps. The Darwin man pages say
>> that grep is a GNU tool and they reference how grep behaves under
>> Windows and DOS. If there was a version that came from elsewhere, it
>> must have been OS/2 grep or Be grep or something along those lines.
>> From the man pages it does look like -d action works everywhere.
>
> Where do you think the model for GNU grep came from?
I *like* the version of the story where it came from g/re/p in the old
ed editor. I know that some people have questioned that story but I
still like it.
> There were
> implementations of grep before GNU
Agreed. And apparently a couple still survive in Solaris. You can learn
a lot of stuff on this list.
> and there are still grep
> implementations apart from GNU.
And, we learn, there are implementations in the BSDs that are less than
a year old. There are also a bunch of Windows programs that could look
like 'implementations of grep' if you hold your head at the right
angle. And lets not forget all the 'grep's built into various IDEs.
Grep is bustin' out all over.
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