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		pcwalton on Aug 20, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Node.js incorrectly parses HTTP methods FYI nginx compares 32 bits at a time for HTTP methods on CPUs where unaligned reads are supported. I imagine if anyone has benchmarked it it's nginx.

DannyBee on Aug 20, 2013 [–]

Again, maybe? It's very easy to do more than 32 bits at a time, even on CPU's not supporting vector instructions.

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