Numbers without context are certainly misleading, but my opinion is that commit message is not right place to specify when such speedup applies, because for exp

Numbers without context are certainly misleading, but my opinion is that commit message is not right place to specify when such speedup applies, because for expected readers that is either obvious or irrelevant (or both at once). Other question is whenever this patch is really so interesting to HN. It is pretty much insignificant for real applications and I'd consider the computed goto trick well known in circles where it might be useful for something (which means interpretive VMs and not much else).