My position is based in pragmatism. Code that works and is delivered in time is often more desirable than code that works, is fast, but delivered late. There'

My position is based in pragmatism. Code that works and is delivered in time is often more desirable than code that works, is fast, but delivered late. There's always a cost-benefit tradeoff to be made and if warm bodies yield more performance per buck than cold ones^, that's great for us programmers! As for mindset, page aligned allocations are required to use protection modes and I tend to program more with security in mind. Glad it helps performance, but it could often times be a completely unintentional side effect. Thanks for your insights, though. Appreciated! ^: Assuming they're at present in idle (or off) state.