in reply to why text processing is fast in perl
I never considered Perl speed of execution as being very fast, just speed of development. However, this text processing benchmark shows Perl to be the fastest non-compiled submission, ahead of Python and Ruby.
Carter's compass: I know I'm on the right track when by deleting something, I'm adding functionality
But I dont know the technical reasons for its speed.
Carter's compass: I know I'm on the right track when by deleting something, I'm adding functionality
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