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Re:Functional programming languages should be better at muta... by andrepd on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @10:53AM (#41119735)
100us counts as excellent latency? x) that's half a million CPU cycles!
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Re:Functional programming languages should be better at muta... by naasking on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @02:57PM (#41122253)
That's fast enough for real-time audio, so yes, that's excellent. And that includes compaction and only a small hit to throughput. You can get sub-2us latency at a serious hit to throughput.
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