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The statement was "almost free", which is much more defensible than "always free", even if it doesn't fit every context. If we're limiting what we mean by "com
by dllthomas 7y ago
The statement was "almost free", which is much more defensible than "always free", even if it doesn't fit every context.
If we're limiting what we mean by "computation" to a few extra non-branching instructions on data we already have, I would probably even endorse it outside particularly unusual settings.