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Re:Six times faster than C by bombcar on Thursday July 06, 2023 @08:35PM (#36625393)
People who just skim the headline and article will come away convinced that dropping to assembly is the “way to go fast” even if they never actually do it.
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Re:Six times faster than C by sh34r on Thursday July 06, 2023 @09:55PM (#36626015)
Anyone with a passing understanding of Assembly or compilers would find that idea laughable. As for the others, it turns out not knowing what you don’t know can be very expensive.
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