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		the-dude on Aug 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FreeBSD can now boot in 25 milliseconds First line of article: Replacing a sort algorithm in the FreeBSD kernel has improved its boot speed by a factor of 100 or more This is obviously not true.

zb10948 on Aug 30, 2023 [–]

It's a bit of clonky writing, but in proper English "its boot speed" relates to the algorithm and not the FreeBSD kernel

lostmsu on Aug 30, 2023 | | [–]

Still doesn't really make sense, as the original algorithm is not 100x faster. The replacement is.

the-dude on Aug 30, 2023 | | [–]

Well, now you mention it I can see it ... Feels very unintuitive to me.

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