You could also add comparision to [python-lolcat](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/lolcat): ```bash $ dmesg > foo $ time python-lolcat foo real 0m1.503s user 0m1.609s sys 0m0.012s $ time c-lolcat foo real 0m0.055s user 0m0.051s sys 0m0.000s ```
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# What?
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## Installation
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### Archlinux
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There's an [AUR package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/c-lolcat):
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```bash
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$ yaourt -S c-lolcat
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### Others
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```bash
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$ make && sudo make install
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```
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## Why?
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This `lolcat` clone is an attempt to reduce the world's carbon dioxide emissions by optimizing inefficient code. It's >10x as fast and <0.1% as large as the original one.
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```bash
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newton~/d/lolcat <3 dmesg>foo
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newton~/d/lolcat <3 time upstream/bin/lolcat foo
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13.51user 1.34system 0:15.99elapsed 92%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 10864maxresident)k
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0inputs+0outputs (0major+1716minor)pagefaults 0swaps
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newton~/d/lolcat <3 time ./lolcat foo
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0.02user 0.00system 0:00.09elapsed 34%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 1936maxresident)k
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0inputs+0outputs (0major+117minor)pagefaults 0swaps
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```
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