I do think there are examples out there for this value prediction trick that could make sense, which is why I was a bit frustrated by the example they chose. S

I do think there are examples out there for this value prediction trick that could make sense, which is why I was a bit frustrated by the example they chose. Someone mentioned sparse vectors for example, where you are guessing 0 rather than pointer++. Anytime where a value is somewhat predictable this could come in handy.