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So the important point here is that we only have to evaluate if (--$n > 0) one eighth of the time?


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Re: Duff's Device
by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Feb 24, 2004 at 19:43 UTC
    So the important point here is that we only have to evaluate if (--$n > 0) one eighth of the time?
    To quote myself:
    Duff's device does two things: it does loop unrolling, and it uses a neat/tricky way of dealing with the border case of a loop unrolling technique.
    So, I'd say it's an important thing.

    Abigail

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