Looks like it. Section 4.1 eliminates lower level languages on code size, and 4.2 eliminates higher level languages on performance. The challenge in C form would be:
Create a better string copy way:
while (*d++ = *s++);Create a better string copy way:
while (*d++ = *s++); return memcpy (dest, src, strlen (src) + 1);
Also, heck, it's a challenge, we all want in, please make it so :)
If I can outperform Julia by 50% in C++, but I have to write 10x code. I won't bother with C++.
If you manage to have that in the end, that's a very valuable promotional information.
For one of my master courses, I had to write 200 lines in python. C++ solution would have been in the thousands. My colleague solved it in 10 R lines. R is on my list now :)
d := s
Strings are immutable, so it internally just copies a descriptor.