It does try to vectorize it (doing multiple math operations at once is faster). (1 * 5 * 9 * 13 * 17 * ...) * (2 * 6 * 10 * 14 * 18 * ...) * (3 * 7 * 11 * 15 *

It does try to vectorize it (doing multiple math operations at once is faster). (1 * 5 * 9 * 13 * 17 * ...) * (2 * 6 * 10 * 14 * 18 * ...) * (3 * 7 * 11 * 15 * 19 * ...) * (4 * 8 * 12 * 16 * 20 * ...) (it's not precisely that, but close enough) It isn't optimal however, optimal code would be pre-computed results (signed integer overflow is undefined, so n <= 12 is defined) (if signed integer overflow would be defined to be 2's complement overflow, you can still use a table, as n > 33 gives 0)