Ah, thanks for the loopy explanation. Actually any loop unrolling to that extent is counterproductive as it will simply burst the instruction cache, which caus

Ah, thanks for the loopy explanation. Actually any loop unrolling to that extent is counterproductive as it will simply burst the instruction cache, which causes expensive reloads from further down the cache hierarchy, whereas loops can be minimal or even zero overhead. I'd be really curious to know how much performance that cost. re. ammonites, ok, thanks for explanation!