I'm a noob. Looking at the disasm: https://godbolt.org/z/766aPTPc3
It turns a CMOVQLT to a JLT. Is the blog saying CMOVQLT don't have branch predication?
I don't get it.
"So far, we have seen examples that use branches to handle decisions. The A64 instruction set also provides conditional select instructions. In many cases, these instructions can be used as an alternative to branches."
Seems CSEL is not a branch.
Here it turns out to be a very bad choice, because it creates unnecessary data dependencies. But a cmov would be a fine choice if the branch was impossible to predict (e.g. if the input was random, well even then I’d expect the limit to mostly creep up so it should be predicated as mostly cold).