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Given that it's gcc is generating instructions which require alignment "behaving in a manner characteristic of the environment" is one way of describing this si
by __s 7y ago
Given that it's gcc is generating instructions which require alignment "behaving in a manner characteristic of the environment" is one way of describing this situation
- userbinator 7y agoThen perhaps Intel is ultimately to blame for this mess, since requiring alignment is completely at odds with how x86 normally behaves, and as shown in the article, there's a version of the instruction not requiring alignment and not really slower at all.