Also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_encoding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_encoding Of course, it completely kills (or "stress-tests", if you will)

Also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_encoding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_encoding Of course, it completely kills (or "stress-tests", if you will) the branch predictor in your CPU.