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I wonder how `yes' is faster than `cat /dev/zero'.
The answer is probably in this Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/unix/comments/6gxduc/how_is_gnu_yes_so_fast/ https://octodon.social/media/VJwtmv1EFZepDL12w5k
@daniel_bohrer ...and I wonder why that matters :-D
@winniehell you do notice that this is a bit of a question like "I wonder what happens when we smash atoms together", and there we have nuclear energy.
@daniel_bohrer Let me rephrase: I wonder what made you compare the speed of yes. ;-)
@winniehell the header of the blog post, before reading its content :D
@daniel_bohrer That I can understand (... while reading the post). :-D
@winniehell because a lesson about buffering.