On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Joel Pearson <lists / ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> "Jes=FAs Gabriel y Gal=E1n" <jgabrielygalan / gmail.com> wrote in post
> #1094106:
>> string.downcase.scan(/\w+/) {|word| res[word] +=3D 1}
>
> I tried benchmarking out of curiosity and that is a lot faster! Nicely
> done.

I guess the reason is that you avoid the intermediate arrays.

Jesus.