Comment by dijit
14 days ago
> Does throughput really matter more than latency in everyday application?
In my experience latency and throughput are intrinsically linked unless you have the buffer-space to handle the throughput you want. Which you can't guarantee on all the systems where GNU Coreutils run.
Higher throughput increases the risk of high latency.
Low latency increases the risk of "wasted cycles”, i.e. lowers (machine) throughput. Helps with human discovery throughput, though.
The sled.rs people had a well readable take on this in their performance guide.