Hi! Author here! I use recent Intel CPUs at work but ARM/MIPS/PPC for non-work. The point of the article wasn't to say "do this, it's better!" it's "hey, turns

Hi! Author here! I use recent Intel CPUs at work but ARM/MIPS/PPC for non-work. The point of the article wasn't to say "do this, it's better!" it's "hey, turns out this easy thing people were doing may be making things slower; maybe you should double-check first."