On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 11:58:12PM +0100, Robert Milkowski wrote:
> JH> Another data point: a pair of aborted projects which aimed at
> JH> code pathlengths at the top end of the stack were showing libmicro
> JH> improvements of zero to 800%  (yes, nine *times* speed improvement)
> JH> for assorted networking systemcalls.  The essential techniques
> JH> were a) decide *once* (at the sonode switch), b) specialize the
> JH> socket code (have separate code for TCP sockets and for UDP ones.
> JH> It cuts out an amazing number of branches),  c) junk Streams
> JH> (more branches, for all the baroque complexity.  Fall back
> JH> to legacy only when complexity is required).
> 
> Why were those projects aborted then?

The team in question were "released" during one of the layoffs.

dme.
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