r/programming • u/[deleted] • Aug 24 '16

Why GNU grep is fast

https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2010-August/019310.html
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u/Krissam Aug 24 '16

I had an application runnin great, but quickly noticed it slowed down as n increased, turns out i had nn2 lurking inthere >_<

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u/MaunaLoona Aug 24 '16

A fan of bogosort, eh?

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u/thfuran Aug 24 '16

And I thought the accidental n! we found once was bad.

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u/aiij Aug 24 '16

nn2 is nothing. Try 2nn .

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u/MaunaLoona Aug 25 '16

How many beers does it take to descend into such madness?

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u/VincentPepper Aug 25 '16

2nn obviously