From: s1445051@nospicedham.mail.zih.tu-dresden.de   
      
   > In this day and age, does it still make sense to use things like   
   >   
   > LEA EAX, [EAX + EAX * 4]   
   > ADD EAX, EAX   
   >   
   > rather than   
   >   
   > IMUL EAX, 10   
      
   One easy way to find out: ask your compiler!   
   https://godbolt.org/g/XLgURC   
      
   It depends on the CPU. Multiplication got way better, but multiplying   
   by a small constant is still done with LEA.   
      
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