Is memcached a dinosaur in comparison to Redis? [closed]

Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 3 years ago. Improve this question I have worked quite a bit with memcached the last weeks and just found out about … Read more

What does gcc’s ffast-math actually do?

I understand gcc’s –ffast-math flag can greatly increase speed for float ops, and goes outside of IEEE standards, but I can’t seem to find information on what is really happening when it’s on. Can anyone please explain some of the details and maybe give a clear example of how something would change if the flag … Read more

Why is MATLAB so fast in matrix multiplication?

I am making some benchmarks with CUDA, C++, C#, Java, and using MATLAB for verification and matrix generation. When I perform matrix multiplication with MATLAB, 2048×2048 and even bigger matrices are almost instantly multiplied. 1024×1024 2048×2048 4096×4096 ——— ——— ——— CUDA C (ms) 43.11 391.05 3407.99 C++ (ms) 6137.10 64369.29 551390.93 C# (ms) 10509.00 300684.00 … Read more

Reading GHC Core

Core is GHC’s intermediate language. Reading Core can help you better understand the performance of your program. Someone asked me for documentation or tutorials on reading Core, but I couldn’t find much. What documentation is available for reading GHC Core? Here’s what I’ve found so far: Write Haskell as fast as C: exploiting strictness, laziness … Read more