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		pjmlp 12 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: I wrote an autodiff in C++ and implemente... And instead of blaming OOP, have you actually used a profiler?

tightbookkeeper 12 months ago [–]

Are you suggesting that many individual allocations and virtual dispatch are not impactful, or just advocating use of a profiler?

Once again, the context of this thread is someone taking an interest in C++ to write fast autodiff code.

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