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On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 11:26:03 +0200
David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:

> 
> (I am not even sure why you thought branch prediction was relevant
> here.)
> 
> 

It is relevant. 
Sophisticated branch prediction + BTBs + deep speculation working
together is a main reason for very good common-case performance of
virtual function calls on "big" CPUs.