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		kstrauser on June 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wc2: Investigates optimizing 'wc', the Unix word c... I'd assume the difference between Linux's GNU and macOS's BSD implementations would be much more significant.

pjdesno on June 20, 2024 [–]

Exactly. MacOS (really BSD) grep sucks, 5-10x slower than GNU Grep for simple searches on the same hardware, but MacOS/BSD wc is fast.

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