I've two functions that I've tested for speed. Both are rather fast in practice, but one that does 1/4th the work is twice as slow. C-like: function compare16Byte(P1, P2 : Pointer; Length : integer) : ...

Key to efficient hardware emulation is an efficient mapping to the underlying CPU’s opcodes. Here one is free to target opcodes that may or may not have been imagined for that particular use. For ...