alt Hacker NewsExcept for some odd corner cases, it is very hard for a good engineer to beat compilers these days (they are very good now). Not to mention, tuning depends on the platform, and often the exact model of chip.
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zero-sharp • yesterday at 5:07 PM
there were two lead developers from FFMPEG on Lex Fridman's youtube channel who talked about performance gain from assembly. They claimed the opposite
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* it is very hard for a good engineer to beat compilers these days (they are very good now).*
I keep hearing this for the last 20 odd years, yet I see evidence to the contrary each and every day. It is hard and honest work though.