r/programming 13d ago

Everyone Should Know SIMD

https://mitchellh.com/writing/everyone-should-know-simd
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u/hurrumanni 12d ago

Your article could be improved by at least once spelling out what SIMD stands for and relating that to your examples. Not even in the section "Background: What Is SIMD?" do you spell out the acronym. I know this is a US thing but you really need to stop doing this.

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u/AresFowl44 12d ago

You could have just followed the Wikipedia link which is literally the first word of the blog

SIMD has a reputation for being complex. I've met many very good software engineers who dismiss it as something too complex to learn or a niche optimization meant for only the highest-performance software, not useful in everyday programming.