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Unfortunately, I’ve found that naive Java coding often yields really slow code. Here’s some pointers: Use StringBuffer’s instead of String’s for strings that you will be modifying a lot. This sometimes yields suprisingly huge speedups. This is a pain, because the syntax is different, so you can’t easily switch between the two: String retval = “
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