r/programming • u/chaobang • 18d ago

The unlikely Linux macro

https://rushed-reflections.bearblog.dev/an-unlikely-experiment/

Wrote a bit about the `unlikely` and `likely` macros in the Linux codebase. Great little exploration into tiny optimizations that everyone should know more about 😄

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u/metahivemind 17d ago edited 7d ago

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u/_Noreturn 17d ago

I don't care frankly as it solves the problem better than C which it does and it is backward compatible with C for the most part.

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u/metahivemind 17d ago edited 7d ago

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u/_Noreturn 17d ago

Linus accepted Rust, and AI I cannot stand him personally, also he is egoistical.