2026-10-07 16:40 UTC
@joe@f.duriansoftware.com @fay59@tech.lgbt I think CPUs should have string instructions from clearing, copying, comparing, and hashing memory (with a few different kinds of hash functions for the latter, e.g. checksum, hash table hash, and cryptographic hashes). CPU microarchitects generally don't like this for a number of reasons, but we must find a way.
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@joe@f.duriansoftware.com 2026-10-07 16:48
@zwarich@hachyderm.io @fay59@tech.lgbt "want to bulk copy memory anyway? we have an instruction for that: it's called `bl _memcpy`"