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Re:Performance comparison: counting words in Python, Go, C++... by usefulcat on Monday March 15, 2021 @11:16AM (#26466987)
I tried that on Linux and got at best a 5% improvement.
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Re:Performance comparison: counting words in Python, Go, C++... by benhoyt on Monday March 15, 2021 @01:20PM (#26468763)
Yeah, I'm on Linux too and tried that with no noticeable difference in results. There's something off about macOS's approach.
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