On macOS, Pretending to Be Matlab Cuts Binary Startup Overhead by 10%
DanielLockyer · x · 2026-10-19
Developer djdsol found a counterintuitive macOS quirk: if your binary pretends to be Matlab, its startup overhead drops by about 10%. Daniel Lockyer's "wait what" repost captures how unexpected this is. It stems from special-case handling macOS applies to certain apps like Matlab.
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