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		akira2501 on Aug 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linux Pipes Are Slow > just never use pipes. vmslice doesn't work with every type of file descriptor. eschewing some technology entirely because it seems archaic or because it makes writing "the fastest X software" seem harder is just sloppy engineering. > they are just not useful. Then you have not written enough software yet to discover how they are useful.

gpderetta on Aug 25, 2024 [–]

Most importantly the fast fizbuz toy vmsplices into /dev/null.

Nothing ever touches those pages on the consumer side and they can be refused immediately.

If you actually want a functional program using vmsplice, with a real consumer, things get hairy very quickly.

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