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> The compression speed is only 30% slower because that benchmark includes the time to tar the directory, which is likely more expensive than the compression it

> The compression speed is only 30% slower because that benchmark includes the time to tar the directory, which is likely more expensive than the compression itself. Amdahl's Law in action.

prollings 3y ago
Amdahl's law states that "the overall performance improvement gained by optimizing a single part of a system is limited by the fraction of time that the improved part is actually used". For anyone else who didn't know.
- ornornor 3y ago
  Thanks