Billion-query-per-second lookup tables: Lemire shows how in C++
signa11 · hn · 2026-10-28
Performance engineer Daniel Lemire breaks down how to build lookup tables in C++ that sustain billions of queries per second, covering the trade-offs between simple data structures, memory footprint, and raw throughput in near-metal code.
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