"Conditional move is superior on CPU" is an oversimplification, in reality it was explained in 2007 by Linus[1] and nothing changed since then. Or in fact, bran

"Conditional move is superior on CPU" is an oversimplification, in reality it was explained in 2007 by Linus[1] and nothing changed since then. Or in fact, branch predictors are constantly improving[2], while cmov data dependency problem can't be solved. Yes, cmov is better in unpredictable branches, but the universal truth is "programmers are notoriously bad at predicting how their programs actually perform"[3] [1] https://yarchive.net/comp/linux/cmov.html https://yarchive.net/comp/linux/cmov.html [2] https://chipsandcheese.com/p/zen-5s-2-ahead-branch-predictor-unit-how-30-year-old-idea-allows-for-new-tricks https://chipsandcheese.com/p/zen-5s-2-ahead-branch-predictor... [3] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Other-Builtins.html#index-_005f_005fbuiltin_005fexpect https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Other-Builtins.html#index...