@iquilezles I feel half of the problem is that people don't quite understand when branching actually occurs, and then get convinced by the whole "ternary/if-else is bad because branching".

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• Author: End (@ENDESGA)
• Posted: 2025-02-09 06:38:44

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@iquilezles

I feel half of the problem is that people don’t quite understand when branching actually occurs, and then get convinced by the whole “ternary/if-else is bad because branching”.
This clarification helps, but I’m thinking more could be said about when complex branching does happen

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