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by bnegreve 3985 days ago
> And anyway, why are we still teaching people how a CPU without branch prediction works? When will we let go of old technologies?

Fuel injection systems have replaced carburators. Branch predictors haven't replaced anything, if you want to compare them with any engine that would be turbo chargers (i.e. they're optional).

I'm not sure comparing CPUs with engines makes a lot of sense though.