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Why HN was slow and how Rtm fixed it

(ycombinator.com)
257 points pg | 1 comments | 19 Jan 11 18:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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dauphin ◴[19 Jan 11 19:45 UTC] No.2120970[source]▶
Lisp is definitely not a slow language: you can handle the crazy rate of 20 requests/second on a multi-core server!
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btilly ◴[19 Jan 11 20:07 UTC] No.2121054[source]▶
They are only using one core. See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2116987 for verification.
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1. dauphin ◴[19 Jan 11 20:59 UTC] No.2121257[source]▶
Ooops, yes, you are right, sorry. Then I guess it's a pretty decent rate for a Core2 duo.