diff --git a/04-code-golf/tf-04-a.scala b/04-code-golf/tf-04-a.scala
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+++ b/04-code-golf/tf-04-a.scala
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+/**
+ Faithful conversion of tf-04.py to scala, avg execution time 5.2 seconds
+ $ time scala tf04a ../pride-and-prejudice.txt
+(Mr,786)
+(Elizabeth,635)
+(very,473)
+(Darcy,417)
+(such,378)
+(Mrs,343)
+(much,325)
+(more,325)
+(Bennet,322)
+(Bingley,305)
+(Jane,295)
+(Miss,281)
+(one,261)
+(know,239)
+(herself,227)
+(before,225)
+(sister,218)
+(soon,214)
+(never,214)
+(though,212)
+(think,210)
+(time,203)
+(now,197)
+(Wickham,194)
+(well,188)
+
+real  0m5.237s
+
+*/
+object tf04a extends App {
+  def l(f:String) = io.Source.fromFile(f).getLines.mkString(",")
+  val s = l("../stop_words.txt").split(",") ++ (1 to 26).map(i=>String.valueOf(Character.toChars(96+i)))
+  val w = l(args(0)).split("[^a-zA-Z]+").filter(x => !s.contains(x.toLowerCase))
+  w.distinct.map(u=> (u,w.count(_==u))).sortBy(-_._2).take(25).foreach(println)
+}
diff --git a/04-code-golf/tf-04-fold.scala b/04-code-golf/tf-04-fold.scala
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+/**
+Attempt to speed up execution time: Avg 4.3 seconds
+1. Use a compiled regex
+2. accumulate tokens using a catamorphism
+
+$ time scala tf04fold ../pride-and-prejudice.txt
+(Mr,786)
+(Elizabeth,635)
+(very,473)
+(Darcy,417)
+(such,378)
+(Mrs,343)
+(much,325)
+(more,325)
+(Bennet,322)
+(Bingley,305)
+(Jane,295)
+(Miss,281)
+(one,261)
+(know,239)
+(herself,227)
+(before,225)
+(sister,218)
+(never,214)
+(soon,214)
+(though,212)
+(think,210)
+(time,203)
+(now,197)
+(Wickham,194)
+(well,188)
+
+real  0m4.392s
+*/
+object tf04fold extends App {
+  def l(f:String) = io.Source.fromFile(f).getLines.mkString(",")
+  val s = l("../stop_words.txt").split(",") ++ (1 to 26).map(i=>String.valueOf(Character.toChars(96+i)))
+  val p = java.util.regex.Pattern.compile("[^a-zA-Z]+")
+  val a:List[Array[String]] = Nil
+  val w = io.Source.fromFile(args(0)).getLines.foldLeft(a)((b,c)=> p.split(c).filter(x => (x.length > 0) && !s.contains(x.toLowerCase)) :: b).flatten
+  w.distinct.map(u=> (u,w.count(_==u))).sortBy(-_._2).take(25).foreach(println)
+}