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hueving on Feb 27, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nxweb – Fast and Lightweight Web Server

Isn't it precisely like that? The point of the exercise is that even when you are getting really high mpg changes (e.g. 100 to 120), the best gain is improving the the really slow component of the pipeline (e.g. the truck from 10 to 12).

zzzcpan on Feb 27, 2016 [–]

Well, no. Web server's role is more like a taxi drive home after a 12 hour flight. From that perspective MPGs don't matter at all.

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