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by swiley 1903 days ago
OT isn't done in hardware because it would be a massive waste of transistors. It would optimize many (possibly even most) software and would just increase cost and power consumption.
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And constantly reinventing broken wheels in every program isn’t a massive waste of transistors AND electricity?

I get where you’re coming from but that line of thinking got us into that mess in the first place IMO. At one point we should draw a line. Which we still don’t.