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Computers are *fast*!

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Systems & Performance Software Engineering 2014

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Submitted	Title on HN	Points	Comments
May 13, 2014	Computers are fast by bdcravens	315	154
Oct 26, 2017	Computers are fast (2014) by Tomte	60	31

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