It's very useful *if* you need to get all the performance out of the CPU. Compil...

		vardump on Nov 26, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Say hello to x86_64 Assembly, Part 5 It's very useful if you need to get all the performance out of the CPU. Compilers are good for generating code for 10 year old CPUs. It's usually pretty trivial to get 2x improvement. That said, typically you shouldn't bother.