{n} times faster than C …with Python
{n} times faster than C …with Python
eddieantonio.ca {n} times faster than C …with Python
I was reading Owen Shepherd’s post “{n} times faster than C”, which explores how to hand-tune x86-64 assembly to make a certain problem faster (see below). Originally, this inspired me to write a short introduction to using Rust’s portable SIMD to manually speed up problems like this. I rewrote the ...
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The random ascii vs random s/p character is definitely just branch prediction. For random ascii the most common branch is "do nothing", so easier to branch predict. Not sure why the original author was unsure?