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by CamperBob2 1477 days ago
What made me give up was when I found that an optimization for one x86 processor was an impairment on another. Your DIV example might have had a different outcome on an AMD chip, or on the next- or previous-generation part from Intel.

Nowadays, counting cycles is a game for monks who don't actually have to get anything done.