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Fast code isn't a quantum effect, it doesn't wait for a measurement to wave collapse into being fast. The _assertion_ that a certain piece of code is fast probably requires a measurement (maybe you can get away with reasoning, e.g. algorithmic complexity or counting instructions; each have their flaws but so does measurement).


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