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		Shish2k on Jan 14, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is reading lines from stdin much slower in C++... Straightforward C is slow; straightforward python is medium speed; expertly written C (the foundations of python) is fast

dded on Jan 14, 2014 | [–]

> Straightforward C is slow;

I've never found it to be so, and it's not a common complaint.

GlitchMr on Jan 14, 2014 | | [–]

Citation needed. My C compiler can optimize even awful code very well.

NAFV_P on Jan 14, 2014 | [–]

> Straightforward C is slow;

Would you care to elaborate? I typed "man straightforward" into terminal and nothing was thrown back at me.

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