Perl speed vs. Python speed

[Neil Hodgson]

> (searching for the given patterns in strings padded
> with blanks on both sides.  sre8 is the new python
> 1.6 engine on 8-bit strings, sre16 is the same engine
> using unicode)

   Any hope of a UCS-4 version?

   Combining Python's preeminence for Mayan calendrical work with support
for hieroglyphics will allow us to conquer the whole of the ancient world.

   Neil