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		_pvxk on July 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Performance comparison: counting words in Python, ... Hm, I tried comparing the simple.hs vs simple.py (with ghc 8.10.7 which I happened to have here, their stack.yaml uses 8.10.4) and it's 5.7s vs 1.9s, not quite as stark a difference. Maybe because I'm on Linux?

_pvxk on July 25, 2022 [–]

Their slow timings seem to be because they enable the threaded/multicore runtime without actually using it. A performance footgun I suppose.

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