Couldn't they just turn the optimization off for this loop?

MadnessASAP 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They didn't have the code for the offensive program, they were creating the emulator to run it on a different architecture.

	▲	McGlockenshire 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> offensive program Agreed.

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notorandit 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Which optimizer replaces a 64k loop with 64k instructions?

Ah, yes. Microsoft's!

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selcuka 6 hours ago | parent [-]

There is no indication that the compiler that produced the code was Microsoft's. Actually the article hints otherwise ("[...] whatever compiler was used to compile this code").

	▲	notorandit 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Who has been validating that approach to solve their own optimization target?