Is "the optimized delay" a myth or is it real?
From time to time you hear stories that are meant to illustrate how got someone is at something, and sometimes you hear about the guy how is so into code optimization that he optimizes his delay loop.

Since this really sounds like it's a strange thing to do as it's much better to start a "timer interrupt" instead of a optimized buzy wait, 
and nobody ever tend to tells you the name of the optimizing hacker. 

That has left me to wonder if it is a urban myth or is it real?

What do you say, reality or fiction?

Thanks
Johan
Is "the optimized delay" a myth or is it real?
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From time to time you hear stories that are meant to illustrate how got someone is at something, and sometimes you hear about the guy how is so into code optimization that he optimizes his delay loop.

Since this really sounds like it's a strange thing to do as it's much better to start a "timer interrupt" instead of a optimized buzy wait, 
and nobody ever tend to tells you the name of the optimizing hacker. 

That has left me to wonder if it is a urban myth or is it real?

What do you say, reality or fiction?

Thanks
Johan