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Re:The cost of forsaking C by inDigiNeous on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @08:19AM (#12643154)
That's a great talk that really shows that with modern C++ you can do some really nice optimizations and code minimizations, but it seems to require a discipline that can require a lot of thinking in the complex world of C++, to find those methods that for example Jason is talking about here.

Was pretty eye opening video to see that, that some of those complex looking instructions with a modern optimizing compiler can be surprisingly neatly optimized away.

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Re:The cost of forsaking C by fredsanford on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @08:28AM (#12643192)
I think discipline is a keyword here. It feels to me like being a professional means a fair amount of discipline should be required. Unless you're the nephew's uncle in law of the founders sister that knows VB and is "pretty good with compooturz" or the like.
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