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no need to bring numba into this when functools is right there

    time python fibo.py 999
    999 26863810024485359386146727202142923967616609318986952340123175997617981700247881689338369654483356564191827856161443356312976673642210350324634850410377680367334151172899169723197082763985615764450078474174626
    python fibo.py 999  0.04s user 0.03s system 39% cpu 0.180 total

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True that memoization makes factorial trivial, but I think that's erring on the side of skipping the computation we're meant to be benchmarking; a pre-computed array may be even faster. Numba's JIT is applicable in a wide range of scenarios, and could be used alongside memoization if needed.

Except of course that's completely missing the point of the benchmark - not that it is a good point, admittedly.

> not that it is a good point

thank you

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