freebsd-ports/devel/pcre/pkg-descr

PCRE is a Perl-compatible library of regular expressions.
They are based on a completely separate code-base from Henry
Spencer's originals.  The library has been designed to make
efficient use of memory for compiled regular expressions.

Original Author:  Phil Hazel <ph10@cam.ac.uk>
Update to version 2.08. PR: 13708, 14000 Submitted by: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>, Mike Fisher <mfisher@parsons.rh.rit.edu> 1999-09-28 02:40:47 +00:00			`PCRE is a Perl-compatible library of regular expressions.`
			`They are based on a completely separate code-base from Henry`
			`Spencer's originals. The library has been designed to make`
			`efficient use of memory for compiled regular expressions.`
Initial import of pcre version 1.09. A Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library. PR: 7216 Submitted by: Dom Mitchell <dom@myrddin.demon.co.uk> 1998-07-12 22:59:19 +00:00
			`Original Author: Phil Hazel <ph10@cam.ac.uk>`