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Knuth Got It Wrong 298

davecb writes "Think you've mastered the art of server performance? Think again. Poul-Henning Kamp, in an article at ACM Queue, finds an off-by-ten error in btrees, because they fail to take virtual memory into account. And he solves the problem in the open source 'Varnish' HTTP accelerator, for all of us to see and use."

Comment Re:Calling all fanbois! (Score 1) 782

I went for a job interview at Apple last year. I asked the hiring manager about the housing situation in the area. He told me he rents because he can't afford a house. I figured if my manager was renting, I'd have to live in a van down by the river. Needless to say, I didn't take a job there.

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