- Although an algorithm may be more efficient than another, how
does it interfere with other applications?
- %As you can see, this very simple setting may need to evolve way
+ As you can see, this very simple setting may need to evolve way
beyond what you initially imagined.
<blockquote> Premature optimization is the root of all evil. -- D.E.Knuth</blockquote>
make
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-%As you can see, there is already a nice Makefile that compiles
+As you can see, there is already a nice Makefile that compiles
everything for you. Now the tiny example has been compiled and it
can be easily run as follows:
unsigned long xbt_dynar_length(const xbt_dynar_t dynar);
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-%As you will soon realize, with such simple mechanisms, simple
+As you will soon realize, with such simple mechanisms, simple
deadlocks will soon appear. They can easily be removed with a
simple polling mechanism, hence the need for the following
[function][fn:7]:
msg_error_t MSG_process_sleep(double nb_sec);
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-%As you should quickly realize, on the simple previous example, it
+As you should quickly realize, on the simple previous example, it
will double the throughput of the platform but will be quite
ineffective when input size of the tasks is not negligible anymore.
