Wow, two reason for this, one of which I didn't expect (the first).
1. Because the code is so old we don't want to have an intern figure out how to do it. (Adding a switch for a new PCRE, such as /P, is hard) Oh, and reading and understanding licenses is HARD?!?!? WTF?
2. It would break backwards-compatability if we did it. (Well, duh).
I understand now it may not be worth it (powershell/.net is the future or whatever), but really, at no time in the 90's and 00's did you think it may be worth some time?
1. Because the code is so old we don't want to have an intern figure out how to do it. (Adding a switch for a new PCRE, such as /P, is hard) Oh, and reading and understanding licenses is HARD?!?!? WTF?
2. It would break backwards-compatability if we did it. (Well, duh).
I understand now it may not be worth it (powershell/.net is the future or whatever), but really, at no time in the 90's and 00's did you think it may be worth some time?