I want to create a publishable and useful regex benchmark. I think making a good one is probably impossible. But people are trying anyway, and I think it's possible to at least make one that is better than what exists today when you search for "regex benchmark."
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But if I did it, there would be some pretty gross inherent bias, because I'd be the author of one of the regex engines being tested. I don't think that should stop me though, it is good to recognize it and try to mitigate it anyway I can.
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What do you want the benchmark to accomplish, specifically? In my mind, it would help users understand which libraries make which fundamental tradeoffs (or, maybe pessimistically, which libraries fail to make any tradeoffs). If not that, then what?
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Yes, that sounds like a start. It could help people understand why and which regexes are faster. Generally when I publish benchmarks, that also means attaching some kind of edification or analysis to it.
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