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Subject: Re: [boost] [review] The review of Boost.DoubleEnded starts today: September 21 - September 30
From: degski (degski_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-09-28 06:02:32


On 28 September 2017 at 00:06, Ion Gaztañaga via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> The theoretical limit value for the growth factor to be able to reuse
> previously allocated memory is roughly 1.61.

That figure smells suspiciously like the Golden Ratio
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio>: 1.618033988749895
(unsurprisingly even, maybe, if one considers what the GR entails).

degski

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