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If you have 1e4 machines and run a global video distribution network it might be worth an engineer's salary to look into it. Or if you're implementing a featur
by Jabbles 3y ago
If you have 1e4 machines and run a global video distribution network it might be worth an engineer's salary to look into it.
Or if you're implementing a feature in the standard library of a widely used language, the effects of your choice may be enormous.
- jedberg 3y ago> If you have 1e4 machines and run a global video distribution network it might be worth an engineer's salary to look into it. Sure, and that would be the 0.1% of the time where it make sense. > if you're implementing a feature in the standard library of a widely used language I would contend that unless your library is very opinionated on exactly how data will be accessed, you can't possibly optimize cache access in a way that makes sense for every user.
- onetoo 3y agoYou can't possibly optimize sorting in a way that makes sense for every user. Let us use insertion sort in our standard library and call it a day. Why are you bothering to discuss general-case sorting algorithms?