I hadn't heard of tokei before, so I tried it on a small project of mine.
Tokei _finishes_ before cloc can print its help text. I wrote this post in less time than it took `cloc .` to count all the files in my project, probably because it doesn't know to ignore `target/`.
I absolutely hate it when people call their tools a "replacement" for something that is part of core standards, something, that did just fine for decades.
ripgrep is an excellent tool. But it's not a grep replacement. And should not ever be.
The GNU utils were a replacement for the BSD utils which were a replacement for the original AT&T utils. Every replacement added new functionality and improvements, and every time someone complained that they didn't stick closer to the thing they replaced. Looking specifically at grep, there used to be new versions like egrep and fgrep that added functionalities beyond standard grep's, but those were eventually pulled into "standard" grep (GNU or BSD). If we stuck with standards we'd all still be using the Bourne shell. The GNU utilities have been around long enough that they feel like the standard now, but I'm glad that we're coming into a new phase of innovation in command-line utilities. And this didn't start with Rust - the new generation of search utilities started with ack (Perl) and then ag (C).
I didn't call ripgrep a replacement. Other people do. Because it does actually replace their usage of grep in some or all cases, depending on their usage patterns.
Those "core standards" that you talk about didn't spring fully formed from the earth. They came about from competition and beating out and replacing the old "core standards" that lots of people argued very strongly for should not ever be replaced. When I was starting out my career I was told by experienced people that I should not learn to rely on the GNU tool features, since they're far from ubiquitous and probably won't be installed on most systems I'll be working on.
jelder|8 months ago
Tokei _finishes_ before cloc can print its help text. I wrote this post in less time than it took `cloc .` to count all the files in my project, probably because it doesn't know to ignore `target/`.
arp242|8 months ago
cloc is a Perl script, so it has the interpreter startup time.
egorfine|8 months ago
ripgrep is an excellent tool. But it's not a grep replacement. And should not ever be.
mprovost|8 months ago
burntsushi|8 months ago
https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/master/FAQ.md#can...
dagw|8 months ago
Those "core standards" that you talk about didn't spring fully formed from the earth. They came about from competition and beating out and replacing the old "core standards" that lots of people argued very strongly for should not ever be replaced. When I was starting out my career I was told by experienced people that I should not learn to rely on the GNU tool features, since they're far from ubiquitous and probably won't be installed on most systems I'll be working on.
unknown|8 months ago
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