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by iscoelho 884 days ago
> I don’t think it’s relevant here, the JIT compiler can do the same optimizations here.

Correct. I was clarifying that the issue can be replicated in a "simpler" statically compiled benchmark.

> If the branch predictor can basically 100% guess correctly (which will be the case in any correct program), it should not have any additional cost

That isn't true. The CPU branch predictor has a cost no-matter what. Of course, it's a complicated story: https://blog.cloudflare.com/branch-predictor

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Thanks! I definitely have to do some readup on that!