22 ms·Reading a variable isn't side-effect free either :Pby omegalulw 5y agoReading a variable isn't side-effect free either :Pzomglings 5y agoOpening Schrodinger's box isn't side-effect free. :)rcfox 5y agoIn the sense that you're moving data in to a register and updating the program counter?sokoloff 5y agoAnd potentially changing the contents of processor caches.