std::max/min optimization

[Ulrich Drepper]

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Nathan Myers wrote:

> Summing over all the programs that are actually run, 
> which produces a better overall result?

Completely irrelevant.  You say it yourself:

> on the assumption that
> users who care most about performance are using fast machines.

The fastest code for the fastest machine is generated with by gcc using
the plain old a > b ? a : b code.

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➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖
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