Why not just use a branch friend, why not? None of the uses you listed is faster but at best case is "equivalent" why avoid it at all? I know the article is ab

Why not just use a branch friend, why not? None of the uses you listed is faster but at best case is "equivalent" why avoid it at all? I know the article is about performance but from a sheer programmjng perspective brqnches are there for a reason.