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Re:How quickly can you remove spaces from a string? by stefs on Friday January 20, 2017 @03:48PM (#13446858)
i'm sure using a fully featured regular expression engine would be several magnitudes slower than a handcrafted 128bit routine.

those engines too trade power for speed.

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Re:How quickly can you remove spaces from a string? by burntsushi on Friday January 20, 2017 @08:40PM (#13448319)
That's not at all true. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13448318
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