Have a few pre-written arrays for the common cases: "y", "Y", "n", "N", etc. Those are the fast cases (or the benchmark optimized cases, like, what Volkswagen did). Have another pre-allocated static array to fill in with other input.
Let me check that I have correctly understood the scenario you're anticipating.
1. Someone uses "volkswagen" as a verb meaning "cheat in benchmarks".
2. Volkswagen takes them to court, on the basis that it is slanderous or libellous to associate Volkswagen with cheating in benchmarks.
3. Counsel for the defence reminds the court that Volkswagen were in the news for a protracted period for a benchmark-rigging that saw them hit with a multi-billion-dollar fine, slashed a third off their stock price, saw their CEO resign, led to there being a "Volkswagen emissions scandal" page on Wikipedia, etc., etc., etc.
4. [THIS IS THE BIT I'D LIKE YOU TO FILL IN FOR ME.]
By volkswagen arguing that this is industry standard behaviour, and the entire media campaign is already libel and slander.
And they’d have a pretty good case with that, considering the original report all this media campaign was based on called out 6 carmakers, but the media (and the poster) only call out Volkswagen.
No, but you don’t wanna get sued for libel and slander. If VW can realistically show that it is industry-standard behaviour (which is pretty obvious), then they might even have a chance to win.
