On Mon, Oct 07, 2024 at 02:24:27PM +0200, Phil Sutter wrote: > That's odd - while the shell will have to unquote the delimiter, it > should have less work with the content. Are you sure this is not just > noise you were measuring? > It sure surprised the hell out of me. I do know a bit about eperimental technique having studied honours physics, so I reversed the test a few times. The unquoted delimiter was always faster. The difference was very small but statistically significant. Cheers ... Duncan.
