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ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

we figure it's worth mentioning this because last time we talked about optimizations, someone expressed surprise that just changing a basic algorithm choice like that has such an impact.

yes - if anything this sort of thing has far, far more impact than all the fancy techniques modern compilers use. the fancy stuff is for when you've already gotten this impact and still need more.