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I am very fond of this document, and am constantly amazed at how the commentariat, here and elsewhere, frequently like to theorize about what instructions "migh
by glangdale 9y ago
I am very fond of this document, and am constantly amazed at how the commentariat, here and elsewhere, frequently like to theorize about what instructions "might be expensive" without bothering to look them up.
- brianwawok 9y agoMany programmers do things "because they are faster" with 0 work testing the theories. A little bit funny and a little bit sad. Thankful the guy engineering bridges doesn't make up which material to use like software devs pick algos.
- jcranmer 9y ago> Thankful the guy engineering bridges doesn't make up which material to use like software devs pick algos. Except that one time where the builder said "this joint is hard to build, can we modify it slightly?", the engineer looked at the change, said "sure", and 114 people died when said joint failed.