There&#x27;s been an interesting talk on this a few months ago:<p>- <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.cr.yp.to&#x2F;20150314-optimizing.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.cr.yp.to&#x2F;20150314-optimizing.html</a><p>- (PDF) <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;cr.yp.to&#x2F;talks&#x2F;2015.04.16&#x2F;slides-djb-20150416-a4.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;cr.yp.to&#x2F;talks&#x2F;2015.04.16&#x2F;slides-djb-20150416-a4.pdf</a><p>Discussions:<p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9202858" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9202858</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9396950" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9396950</a>