>>PCRE's quality is essentially orthogonal to these issues.

That seems like... conscious misrepresentation.

If it was just compatibility, I'd learn the new syntax.

The problem is quality. Specifically, I found two relatively simple regexps that doesn't work. Already.

I guess I should try to avoid the PCRE lib for serious work, which is hard. :-(

Edit: I could have been just unlucky, but...

(I'm not going to start trading insults, if that is what you want.)