Re: When to make objects uncacheable ?

Hull, Chris wrote:
> However, the overhead of managing
> the cache increases with the size. Or is it the square of the
> size?

It depends on how the cache is structured (and the OS it runs on). If stupidly
structured (i.e. flat) on a standard Unix then it is O(n^2), or worse. If
sensibly structured, then it is O(n*log(n)) (probably).

Cheers,

Ben.

> 
> Chris
> 

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Received on Tuesday, 20 August 1996 09:46:13 UTC