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by x1024 3732 days ago
Case in point: the left-pad package has quadratic complexity.
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mcguire 3732 days ago
Depends on the JS implementation in question. And I think node uses one that optimizes string concatenation, possibly making that the fastest way to do it.
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emodendroket 3731 days ago
Yeah, as far as I know in modern JS engines += is actually faster than using an array.
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x1024 3731 days ago
[citation needed]

It's really nice how we once again depend on "I think some guys do it like this" for performance. What happened to standards?

What's next? SEO for code?

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