>"Duh?" because you haven't looked at the code?

Me: "Not all use pcre" You: "Two that use pcre"

What on earth is that supposed to show?

>Any "better" that 6 or 7 releases has provided.

You have some weird ideas about haskell/ghc.

>>What on earth is that supposed to show?<<

Those two that both use pcre don't perform the same.

>>You have some weird ideas about haskell/ghc.<<

If I have, I got them from seeing programs being re-written when new stuff became available.

You got them from seeing someone writing a faster version. The part where you thought it had anything to do with "new stuff" is entirely your own imagination