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It's great that you're so knowledgeable about branch predictor behavior, but many people aren't and for them this is new, maybe even valuable, information. I g
by adwn 2y ago
It's great that you're so knowledgeable about branch predictor behavior, but many people aren't and for them this is new, maybe even valuable, information.
I guess this article's just not for you then, and that's okay.
- akira2501 2y agoI don't think the complaint is that the article exists, it's that it perhaps needs more context. The article does not present the level of skill assumed about the reader or of the author, so comments like these help put that in perspective. The commentary from "old salts" isn't meant to insult or discourage you but to inform your world view with hard earned experience. It all has a value that's greater than the sum of it's parts and there's no good reason to be critical or reactionary about it.
- patrick451 2y agoIf you're actually an old salt, it will be immediately obvious when an article is not meant for your level of expertise. Whining that "the article needs more context" is like Michelangelo complaining that a coloring book didn't warn him it was for six year old children.