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I don't understand what you mean with "no degradation". A branch predictor can be wrong. A simple jump is like the branch predictor is always right. Thus, the
by qznc 11y ago
I don't understand what you mean with "no degradation".
A branch predictor can be wrong. A simple jump is like the branch predictor is always right. Thus, the code might run faster.
- heinrich5991 11y agoYes. But a branch predictor can also be right every time. Or it could be right so often that it is better than the larger memory footprint of the program.