Discuss issues relating to the new Java-like scripting language and regex engine called P~, or ptilde. The P~ regex grammar has many novel powers not available in other regex engines, such as general statement insertion side-effects. P~ permits readable solutions to difficult problems, with document-level regexes that perform at or beyond the speed of solutions via other regex engines.
Version 0.9 of the engine is found at ptilde.pbwiki.com
A new version of P~ 0.9 has been released and posted on the website, which contains important performance enhancements. They are benchmarked at this link
Java and C++ engineer since 1995. Began working on a new approach to regular expressions in 2002, which has evolved to become the P~ scripting language.
