That's part of the reason I never really liked Jon Stewart. He knew he was the primary, if not only, news source for a large demographic; yet, he would consistently hide behind the Comedy Central logo in the bottom corner when he was criticized.
It's like he felt he---and only he---was allowed to turn on and off his "real" journalist at whim.
Yeah, looks like it's for function alignment padding. It's a pretty common thing at the end of functions to have the next function start on a specific boundary. (even if the first function doesn't fall into the other)
I haven't tested, but I'd bet good money that 12 NOPs would be faster than a jmp.
> Lol, what the heck? Troll or astro-turfed? Where can you get a CS Master's Degree and on only four years of programming?
Introduced to computer science / programming halfway through undergrad 2 years ago. Going to finish up a masters next fall. (3 and some change years after I started)