> XR over SR seems to be a persistent myth. I have been told again and again 
> from time to time that XR was faster than SR. There is no reason it should 
> be, and the evidence is that it is not.

But why does anyone care? The machines are so fast and the execution speed of a 
single instruction is so small that this question is irreverent. Surely 
developers have better things to worry about.

Bob Shannon
Rocket Software

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