> It uses byte strings instead of UTF-8 strings. In my opinion, that’s not an optimization, that’s changing the problem. Depending on the question you’re asking, only one of the two can be correct.
Sure, but is it changing the problem to something easier than what the other languages are already doing, or to something more similar? I'd imagine the C code is basically just using byte arrays as well, for instance.
Sure, but is it changing the problem to something easier than what the other languages are already doing, or to something more similar? I'd imagine the C code is basically just using byte arrays as well, for instance.