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by goldfishparty 3164 days ago
RipGrep doesn't have some very useful PCRE features.

https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep#why-shouldnt-i-use-rip...

If you use lookarounds (or often use grep -P), RipGrep may not cover all of your needed use cases.

That said, it's very fast for general use.