samklr

#! /bin/bash
wget https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v2.6.1/protobuf-2.6.1.tar.gz
tar xzf protobuf-2.6.1.tar.gz
cd protobuf-2.6.1
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make check
sudo make install 

jboner

Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
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L1 cache reference                           0.5 ns
Branch mispredict                            5   ns
L2 cache reference                           7   ns                      14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock                           25   ns
Main memory reference                      100   ns                      20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy             3,000   ns        3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network       10,000   ns       10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD*             150,000   ns      150 us          ~1GB/sec SSD