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by balddenimhero 2049 days ago
It is fun to read the source of old games for gems like the discussed `Q_rsqrt` function. However, one often wonders what the limits/assumptions/guarantees of such tricks are so I've blogged about SMT-based reasoning about such properties using `Q_rsqrt` as an example: https://bohlender.pro/blog/smt-based-optimisation-of-fast-in... -- might be interesting to those not too familiar with the verification business.