Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 23 Oct 2000 23:22:55 +0200 (CEST) | From | Tobias Ringstrom <> |
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On 23 Oct 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Either > > (a) Solaris has solved the faster-than-light problem, and Sun engineers > should get a Nobel price in physics or something. > > (b) Solaris "scales" by being optimized for 10000 entries, and not > speeding up sufficiently for a small number of entries. > > You make the call.
You will probably get the 6.5 factor because you have some (big) contant setup time. For example
t = 1700 + n
This gives you an increase of 6.5 from 100 to 10000, although it is of course is O(n). No magic there... :-)
/Tobias
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