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Subject: Re: [9front] [PATCH] branchless assembly abs() and labs() for amd64
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i agree that this optimization is useless when there is no program
using it heavily so unless we have one you can discard this patch.
> I appreciate the effort, but I'd prefer that we
> leave this patch be unless it's solving a problem
> Optimization should ideally start with measuring
> a real program.