3min chapter

ClojureStream Podcast cover image

E72 Data Processing with Chris Nuernberger (part 1)

ClojureStream Podcast

CHAPTER

Soye, You Can Sum Doubles Much Faster

I think there is some performance gain for if you're dealing with primitives on the j v m, to not box them. Soye: Rarely is your business value derived from summing a bunch of doubles quickly. And especially when you get into scaling to many, many cores, for instance, eight or more, you start to see much larger gains. When boxing things, asking the garbage collector to allicate a hole bunch of memory, it just causes things not to scale as well as you think they should, right?

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode