I wonder if people had a similarly negative reaction when someone first proposed speculative execution in processor pipelines. “This is is a terrible idea, you

I wonder if people had a similarly negative reaction when someone first proposed speculative execution in processor pipelines. “This is is a terrible idea, you’re telling me you will make 99% of cases way faster but completely ignore the 1% that will be slightly slower? Unbelievable.” If you have SA that most of your customers are in USA, this is a good idea. If not, maybe use your brain a bit and figure out if it can be adapted to something which will work for your customer base.