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[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)
[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

Meh. Even hosting static files in a RAM disk over localhost, you're 99% as good as you can be by using the sendfile() system call. The kernel can copy data from one file descriptor to another faster than any userspace program can. Implementing the Length header is a stat() call.

If you're not on a RAM disk and not on localhost, then disk access or network throughput will predominate.

Assembly is not magic go faster sauce.

[–] Ad4mWayn3@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

I mean, just because you implemented something in a low level lang, it doesn't mean you're gonna have the fastest implementation. Even in high level langs, there's usually heavy optimization involved in things that are done all the time (e.g. web servers)

[–] harbard@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago

yeah, in one sense it was lol.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who do you think is better at writing assembly? @harbard@fedia.io or a modern compiler with hundreds of contributors.

[–] harbard@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

It’s definitely not me