1. What empirical data we have suggests that the 'good suffix' rule engages fairly rarely; that's why the -Horspool variant wins most tests. (It isn't just that

1. What empirical data we have suggests that the 'good suffix' rule engages fairly rarely; that's why the -Horspool variant wins most tests. (It isn't just that you don't have to build Delta2, it also saves a lot of comparisons in the algorithm itself for most inputs.) 2. Because the standard says this is the Boyer-Moore algorithm :D