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 ## Optimization
 An optimization directive has been included in `board.c` to allow for the near
 complete removal of boundary checks and error conditions. To enable this
-optimization, simply add `-DOPTIMIZE` to your compiler flags.
+optimization, simply add `-DOPTIMIZE` to your compiler flags. For insane speeds,
+don't forget the `-O3` gcc flag.
 
 ## Live status output
 If you would like to get a live status output of speculative value placement,
@@ -56,14 +57,6 @@ are really only useful on much slower devices.
 
 ## TODO
 
-* Optimizations
-
-  * Packed structures
-
-  * Better structure layouts
-
-  * Optimize speculative value placement error-condition checks
-
 * Cleaner code
 
   * Move printing to separate file