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minus-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-26 hours agoI mean is it really a waste? What’s minimum amount of bits most CPUs read in one cycle.
minus-squareexcral@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 hours agoIn terms of memory usage it’s a waste. But in terms of performance you’re absolutely correct. It’s generally far more efficient to check is a word is 0 than to check if a single bit is zero.
I mean is it really a waste? What’s minimum amount of bits most CPUs read in one cycle.
In terms of memory usage it’s a waste. But in terms of performance you’re absolutely correct. It’s generally far more efficient to check is a word is 0 than to check if a single bit is zero.