Day 8 of Advent of Compiler Optimisations!
Which loop style is fastest—index-based for, pointer while, range-for, or std::accumulate? I compared four different ways to sum a vector. The compiler generates identical assembly for three of them! But one approach forces an extra calculation. Can you guess which? 🔄
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