Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not only that, but modern processors can get a significant speed boost 
> based on the order of instructions presented. e.g. if you have 2 
> instructions, one dependent on the previous, it's entirely possible to 
> move an instruction between those two to take advantage of the 
> processor's pipelining.

  Intel processors have reordered instructions automatically since the
Pentium Pro (AFAIR).

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                                                          - Warp

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