I asked James Gosling about SIMD (MMX and SSE) back in the year 2000 JavaOne conference. He said the answer is method calls, and that the compiler can use whate

I asked James Gosling about SIMD (MMX and SSE) back in the year 2000 JavaOne conference. He said the answer is method calls, and that the compiler can use whatever instructions it likes. (I submitted the question online, and he answered it on stage, and I later saw the recording; I didn't attend, nor meet him in person. He seemed a bit annoyed that the question was too simple.)