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indirection
- Nov 20, 2025 Inode Maps and Block Indirection: Finding Data That Never Stays in Place How a log-structured filesystem locates an inode whose address changes on every write, what the map costs per lookup, and why its cache is the deciding factor in read latency. filesystems
- Jun 11, 2024 The Runtime Cost of Indirection at Module Boundaries A cost model for boundary crossings: what inlining loses, what a virtual call and a cache miss actually cost, and when a coarse-grained interface beats a clean one. software architecture
- May 30, 2024 Attenuation and Revocation of Delegated Authority How a capability can be narrowed before it is passed on, why revocation in a capability system is either impossible or requires indirection, and what each indirection costs. language runtimes