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

227 pointsposted 7 months ago
by bschne

17 Comments

hnthrow90348765

7 months ago

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

mikewarot

7 months 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.

pjc50

7 months ago

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

cmrdporcupine

7 months ago

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

bob1029

7 months ago

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