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bigfishrunning
1mo ago
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> Usually...probably...
you're betting against the compiler ever improving.
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saagarjha
1mo ago
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This would be a regression
bigfishrunning
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1mo ago
Why? Automatic vectorization is pretty bad and has been for years, but wouldn't it be nice if the compiler could unroll-loops and use SIMD instructions to make your code faster while also being correct?
saagarjha
1mo ago
If you are using SIMD instructions on x86 you probably want the unaligned ones
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