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Re:Performance comparison: counting words in Python, Go, C++... by EvilEy3 on Monday March 15, 2021 @06:10PM (#26469895)
This is litmus test to weed out people who pretend to be programmers. You assess complexities hidden behind the task in system design round.
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Re:Performance comparison: counting words in Python, Go, C++... by Veedrac on Monday March 15, 2021 @07:06PM (#26470481)
I was more viewing this in context of the article, which goes on to micro-optimize a version with an IMO unreasonable set of assumptions.

If it's instead explicitly given that this is a quick litmus test, the choices of the first pass implementation don't really matter, and you'll talk about complexities after, then sure.

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