Branch Misses

How bad do branch misses hurt a programs performance? In C and Java?

for example how big of an impact would :


int shitinanus()
{
    int val = getanus();
    if(val != 0)
        return ANALTONIGHT;
    return ALONETONIGHT;
}

be knowing that val will most likely be 0 99% of the time compared to the below function


int shitinanus()
{
    int val = getanus();
    if(val == 0)
        return ALONETONIGHT;
    return ANALTONIGHT;
}

>>4
Okay, I can't tell if you're just plain fucking stupid, a jew, trolling, or any combination of the three. Anyways, from the view of the C abstract machine, there is no difference in the code.

BTW faggot, you're still confusing the abstract machine with the implementation itself. Now go scrub another toilet.