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• chrismorgan 3y ago
  #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main(int argc, char** argv) { return printf(&"even\0odd"[(atoi(argv[1]) & 1) * 5]) < 0; }
• charcircuit 3y ago
  Not always. Popular architectures like x86_64 and ARM have instructions for conditional moves. These instructions do not cause the processor to branch.