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Nov 11, 2017 at 00:38
C++ compiler beating hand written assembly: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40354978/why-is-this-c-code-faster-than-my-hand-written-assembly-for-testing-the-collat If you haven't measured the cycle time of the different instructions, the optimiser can often do better!
performance - Why does C++ code for testing the Collatz conjecture run faster than hand-written assembly? - Stack Overflow
performance - Why does C++ code for testing the Collatz conjecture run faster than hand-written assembly? - Stack Overflow

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