What every programmer should know about how CPUs work [video]

221 pointsposted 7 days ago
by bschne

14 Comments

hnthrow90348765

4 days ago

A fine addition to my "every programmer should know" collection that I never use because I only ship CRUD apps

mikewarot

7 days ago

So that's what happened in the past 40 years of Moore's law since I wrote MS-DOS Assembler programs. Optimization of serial instructions like that is amazing.

csmantle

4 days ago

The Matt Godbolt behind godbolt.org? Wow.

pjc50

4 days ago

.. by Matt Godbolt, of Compiler Explorer. 45m long. If you're evaluating whether to bother with video.

cmrdporcupine

4 days ago

Thank you, the headline didn't interest me until I saw you mention that name.

bob1029

4 days ago

If you are strapped for time, I think the most important part of this talk begins at 36:46.