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by Klathmon 3369 days ago
It's not like this is a zero sum game.

Attempts at improvement don't hurt at all, and in some cases can help a ton.

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But they can hurt sometimes -- not all optimizations are always safe.
Of course, but there is still value in "unsafe optimizations" for those who won't be impacted by them.