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		wumpus on May 2, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Python startup time: milliseconds matter You might want to measure it before you optimize it! Oftentimes I find that forks where I don't write much are quite inexpensive, with little COW action.

amelius on May 2, 2018 [–]

You could be right.

Also, could it be that Intel's cache hierarchy plays some really smart tricks behind the scenes, to make this fast?

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