OpenBSD's httpd uses Lua patterns http://t.co/az7QKKDLOq instead of PCRE regexes. They say this is simpler, but it seems comparable to me?
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Simple Regex Language: https://github.com/TYVRNET/SRL (feels like PCRE meets cucumber)
Considering the diversity in programming language syntax, it's a shame there are few options for regexp syntax. Is PCRE really optimal?
Seriously impressed with https://github.com/joddie/pcre2el . Convert PCRE to Emacs regexp, or even convert an arbitrary regexp to an `rx` form!