Why is < faster than <=?
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Why is < faster than <=?
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Re: Why is < faster than <=?
#2The top voted answer explains that the premise of the question and therefore the title of the submission is wrong.
Re: Why is < faster than <=?
#3Why is this a frontpage HN post?
Re: Why is < faster than <=?
#4What was that law that said that all titles that ended with a question mark can be answered "No"?
Re: Why is < faster than <=?
#5It may or may not be.. Its dependent on CPU, and Compiler.
Re: Why is < faster than <=?
#6What was that law that said that all titles that ended with a question mark can be answered "No"?
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Re: Why is < faster than <=?
#7The top voted answer explains that the premise of the question and therefore the title of the submission is wrong.
So you missed the answer from ridiculous_fish there: on Power PC CPU's doing floating point comparisons the speeds are actually different. That's a perfect counterexample for your claim that "the premise is wrong."
Detailed explanation about reasons was given by Lukas.
Re: Why is < faster than <=?
#8What was that law that said that all titles that ended with a question mark can be answered "No"?
Betteridge's Law of Headlines - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridges_Law_of_Headlines
Re: Why is < faster than <=?
#9Why is this a frontpage HN post?
"No"
Re: Why is < faster than <=?
#10Why is this a frontpage HN post?
I wish I knew, but I got downvoted for a constructive attempt at pointing it out.