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Re^11: Threaded Code Not Faster Than Non-Threaded -- Why?

by BrowserUk (Patriarch)
on Jan 06, 2014 at 19:57 UTC ( [id://1069576]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^10: Threaded Code Not Faster Than Non-Threaded -- Why?
in thread Threaded Code Not Faster Than Non-Threaded -- Why?

To prevent disk thrashing?

Yes. But you'll need to try it; and the effects will probably vary for different file systems.

For lots of small files it might speed things up; for lots of big ones it might slow things down. For a mix; you'll need to measure.


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