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Re:Single C file TLS 1.2/1.3 implementation using tomcrypt by gray_-_wolf on Sunday January 06, 2019 @02:02PM (#18839928)
> compilers can do better inter-procedure optimization resulting in machine code that is between 5% and 10% faster.

does this hold even when non-amalgated code uses `-flto` or equivalent flag?

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Re:Single C file TLS 1.2/1.3 implementation using tomcrypt by simias on Sunday January 06, 2019 @03:02PM (#18840258)
I don't know what's the state of the art for link time optimization these days but I would assume that it's still somewhat more limited than compile-time optimization. You can usually be a lot more aggressive when you have the full context of the code being optimized.
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