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regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
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Alexandrescu, C++
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The ideal way to optimize the constants would be to have a carefully-tuned
lookup-table instead of the get_max_count function, but
4 tuning variables is simpler, get_max_count enforces
worst-case performance minimization rules, and such a lookup table
would be difficult to optimize for cross-platform performance.
Alternatively, get_max_count could be used to generate
a static lookup table. This hasn't been done due to concerns about
cross-platform compatibility and flexibility.