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		jeffbee on March 19, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Make Ubuntu packages 90% faster by rebuilding them If I had the time to fork jq, I would convert the relevant part to C++ so it doesn't spend literally all of its time dynamically allocating strings it is just about to discard.

jeffparsons on March 19, 2025 [–]

Why does that require C++? A quick search showed up plenty of material about "pure C" arena allocators, etc.

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