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> Faster on which CPU? Perhaps faster means fewer instructions in this instance? Considering number of instructions is what has been discussed.
by brutal_chaos_ 5y ago
> Faster on which CPU?
Perhaps faster means fewer instructions in this instance? Considering number of instructions is what has been discussed.
- volta83 5y agoRight, but all architectures can handle many combinations of instructions in 1 cycle, so this is not really a great proxy for that. Same for code size. If the instructions are half the size, having 1.5x more instructions still means smaller binaries.