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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ GNU yes(1) is not that fast! -This implementaion is not only about 8 +This implementation is not only about 8 times as fast[0], it uses half as much CPU. Note that this implementation is not even @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ the pipe and fill that buffer and only do one write(2) or vmsplice(2) to the pipe. Speaking of this overhead, this implementation is completely useless[1] unless the other -program is will even read {PIPE_BUF} bytes +program will even read {PIPE_BUF} bytes (4096 on Linux, 512 on POSIX) + 2²⁰−2¹⁶ bytes (on Linux, unspecified for POSIX). Therefore, this implementation of yes(1) is just silly @@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ and should not be used by anyone. [0] On my computer. If you get different results please leave a comment. -[1] Has no benefits what so every in any +[1] Has no benefits whatsoevery in any aspect at all. |