Hacker News·5 min read·hard
Your code is fast – if you're lucky
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A technical exploration of how modern compilers optimize branchless code, specifically within a Quicksort implementation. The article provides code snippets demonstrating how to structure sorting networks to improve performance.
Recently, while I was working on an optimized Quicksort implementation, I came across a rather interesting quirk. Modern compilers (especially Clang) optimize loops using fast, branch-free instructions - provided you use the right programming style.
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