> L1 cache sizes are generally somewhere around 16-64 KB these days, so it seems like there wouldn't be a big difference here. Would you want to depend on a C

> L1 cache sizes are generally somewhere around 16-64 KB these days, so it seems like there wouldn't be a big difference here. Would you want to depend on a C library that claims all 64kb of your L1 cache for itself? Of course not. You'd want to use a library that stays out of the way, so that your code can be the one exploiting system resources.