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Re:Become Shell Literate by thyrsus on Saturday December 12, 2020 @01:02PM (#25400131)
If the data is small, then expressivness is more important. If the data is large, then multiple processes connected by pipes lets you employ more CPUs.
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Re:Become Shell Literate by mooreds on Saturday December 12, 2020 @01:05PM (#25400155)
Have to pull this old chestnut out: https://adamdrake.com/command-line-tools-can-be-235x-faster-...

I am not the author of that piece, but the analysis is wonderful.

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