klranh

7 ms·

1. 1.▲
   by klranh 2y ago

   No that was not the idea. The feature went in under the assumption that the single thread slowdown would be offset by other minor speed improvements. That was literally the official reason why it was accepted. Now we have slowdowns ranging
2. 2.▲
   by klranh 2y ago

   The effect is still 20-50% slowdown for single thread, even with the purported unrelated speedups to make the feature more palatable. That is absolutely in the range of previous attempts, which were rejected! The difference here is that its
3. 3.▲
   by klranh 2y ago

   That is the official story. None of it has materialized so far.