I love information like this, because so much discussion around performance discusses what is possible given unlimited time and no concern for what kinds of tra

I love information like this, because so much discussion around performance discusses what is possible given unlimited time and no concern for what kinds of tradeoffs it makes (like reducing portability by introducing architecture-specific optimizations). I think it's also valuable to see what kind of performance you can expect when you haven't done optimization and are just trying to get something done in a simple, readable way.