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		msla on April 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Beautiful branchless binary search > and select the output you want based on conditionals. I thought you said it would be branchless.

mgaunard on April 28, 2023 [–]

A branch refers to jumping to a different location. Performing comparing and blending values as a result of them is not a jump.

preseinger on May 6, 2023 | [–]

nope

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_(computer_science)

a jump is one kind of branch, but branch describes more things than just jumps

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