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From: "Steve Simon" <steve@quintile.net>
Date: Mon,  8 Mar 2010 23:29:02 +0000
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Subject: Re: [9fans]
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> why would we go for "slower than grep"?  wouldn't it be simpler
> put a new queryish interface on grep =C3=A1 la 9fans.net/archive?
> what am i missing?

It allows a subtly different set of query tools which make
sense to less regexp savvy people I work with, and it prints
results with contex which our grep doesn't (yet? :-).

-Steve