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0 pointsjhallenworld4y ago0 comments

All other things equal, you would prefer smaller code for better cache use.

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8x 2 byte instructions (16 bytes) lead to smaller code than 4x 8 byte instructions (32 bytes).

Counting number of instructions isn't really a good metric for that either.

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0 pointsjhallenworld4y ago0 comments

All other things equal, you would prefer smaller code for better cache use.

8x 2 byte instructions (16 bytes) lead to smaller code than 4x 8 byte instructions (32 bytes).

Counting number of instructions isn't really a good metric for that either.

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