*>it runs in 0.043 sec. on my machine, which is faster than any other result.* D...

zX41ZdbW · on July 25, 2022

Yes (but only scripted, without compilation):

`grep` | 0.03 | 0.03 | `grep` baseline; optimized sets `LC_ALL=C`

`wc -w` | 0.18 | 0.25 | `wc` baseline; optimized sets `LC_ALL=C`

SQL | 0.26 | | by Alexey Milovidov

Perl | 1.22 | | by Charles Randall

Python | 1.42 | 0.86 |

Tcl | 5.30 | | by William Ross

Shell | 9.66 | 1.79 | optimized does `LC_ALL=C sort -S 2G`

blacksqr · on July 27, 2022

N.B. the Tcl script is absurdly inefficient. A single simple optimization cuts the run time in half.