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Re:How is GNU `yes` so fast? by endgame on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @07:20AM (#14544005)
Came here to post this, so instead I'll just back you up with a source:

https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Reading-No...

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Re:How is GNU `yes` so fast? by pge on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @07:49AM (#14544102)
"Add a programming language for extensibility and write part of the program in that language" wow, that's just asking for trouble...
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Re:How is GNU `yes` so fast? by jerf on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @09:34AM (#14544578)
Remember that "yes" is the bottom end of complexity here, not the top. As the utility grows larger that stops looking like "asking for trouble" and starts looking like "often the only sensible solution". Expecting people to extend programs in C is often "asking for trouble", after all!

(Lately I've been really tempted to pull a Cato and start terminating my every HN post with "C delenda est." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthago_delenda_est)

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Re:How is GNU `yes` so fast? by rjbwork on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @11:45AM (#14545655)
Never go full Cato.
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Re:How is GNU `yes` so fast? by emodendroket on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @09:17AM (#14544471)
Yeah, I mean, who even uses emacs?
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Re:How is GNU `yes` so fast? by colund on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @09:27AM (#14544532)
Youngster!
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Re:How is GNU `yes` so fast? by gertef on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:43PM (#14548921)
That's the LISP programming philosophy of the creator and host of this web forum
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Re:How is GNU `yes` so fast? by k__ on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @09:43AM (#14544632)
Does writing it in a different language suffice?
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Re:How is GNU `yes` so fast? by xapata on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @02:19PM (#14547199)
Depends how different.
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