Confirmed: OpenJDK JIT compiler emits efficient conditional move machine codesConfirmed: OpenJDK JIT compiler emits efficient conditional move machine codes On popular programmers’ Q&A site stackoverflow.com the hit question of the last few years dealt with the effect of branching on program performance. I recommend that you read the brilliant explanation there, but if you don’t have much time, here’s the summary. Modern processors execute commands in a pipeline. While One
