Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 31 Oct 2004 02:48:48 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Re: code bloat [was Re: Semaphore assembly-code bug] |
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On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 07:20:04PM -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 02:13 +0300, Denis Vlasenko wrote: > > It's sort of frightening that someone will need to > > rewrite Xlib or, say, OpenOffice :( > > I think very few application developers understand the point Linus made > - that bigger code IS slower code due to cache misses. If this were > widely understood we would be in pretty good shape.
It's true in some cases, but not true in others. Don't make it your gospel.
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