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		aftbit on June 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wc2: Investigates optimizing 'wc', the Unix word c... It would have been nice for the author to label the states and explain how and why they chose the states that they did. Otherwise, it's hard to understand how to apply this sort of thing to larger problems.

jxndnxu on June 20, 2024 [–]

How would if have helped? You either design a DFA by hand or use a compiled from a regular language

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