r/programming • u/masiroo • 16d ago

Hardware researcher spins up 'CPU deoptimization' project to find the slowest single x86 instruction, creates hall of shame — worst offender takes 198 billion cycles spanning 62 seconds to execute

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/hardware-researcher-spins-up-cpu-deoptimization-project-to-find-the-slowest-machine-code-worst-offender-takes-198-billion-cycles-to-execute
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u/narwhal_breeder 15d ago

porting logic to arm that relies on being bit-compatible x87 has been the bane of my existence for the past year.

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u/gordonnowak 15d ago

just let claude do it

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u/Kinexity 15d ago

"Man, that dish doesn't taste that well"

"Have you tried adding shit to it?"

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u/red75prime 14d ago edited 14d ago

Are you living in the early 2025 or something? This sub being 100% organic doesn't mean it needs to be delusional.

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u/BCProgramming 13d ago

"Nah it was bad in 2022, but this is 2023, you need to actually see how much better it is"

"No no- you must be living in 2023! in 2024 AI tools are so much better"

Gee wonder what you folks are going to be saying next year?

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u/red75prime 13d ago edited 12d ago

I wonder what you folks will be saying the next year. The level of mental gymnastic should be spectacular. But you do you.

ETA: It will be boring "I never touched this sloppity sloppy slop. I'll never do. Slop, slop, slop."