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		alexgartrell on July 20, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GCC optimization flag makes your 64-bit binary fat... I agree that it's a bug and should be fixed. I just don't agree with the implication of the title that it's a super huge deal. I mean, all we're doing is swapping out mov for push and leave. The functionality is completely unaffected, and the slowdown is so minor that no one would ever notice without running a ridiculous microbenchmark. Fix the bug, but don't make a mountain out of a mole hill.

ars on July 20, 2010 [–]

Where does it say anything about functionality? It just says fatter and slower, and that's exactly correct.

I don't see any mountain either. Are you reading some emotional context I'm missing?

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