I couldn't believe it was possible to write a new article about faster copies. Reminds me of reading "Inner Loops" by Rick Booth [0] in 1996, which first opene

I couldn't believe it was possible to write a new article about faster copies. Reminds me of reading "Inner Loops" by Rick Booth [0] in 1996, which first opened my mind to the darker corners of x86 optimizing. BTW, the article is quite strangely structured. The initial piece sounds like he has been up for four days straight and he just wants to get his thoughts down. But he forgot a few points, so they are added in five updates. Arguably that's the best place to start reading - around the middle of the page. Then, he goes back in time two years and adds an earlier draft of the same piece, noting "don't even look at the original article! It's very confusing!". [0] https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Inner_Loops.html?id=v2pnQgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y&hl=en https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Inner_Loops.html?id=v...