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		Asdfbla on Jan 6, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AMD ships microcode update to disable some branch ... A for loop also is an implicit branch, by the way. At least it will be compiled to something with a conditional jump. So being unsure about how many times you want to do a thing is a no-go too.

pertymcpert on Jan 6, 2018 [–]

Not if it's a known constant trip count, then you can fully unroll it. No more branches!

If the trip count isn't known at compile time? You should find out.

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