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> Rust delivers on all these claims No it doesn’t. One reason is rust doesn’t have SSE/AVX/Neon intrinsics. Without them, you can’t get anywhere near all the
by Const-me 9y ago
> Rust delivers on all these claims
No it doesn’t.
One reason is rust doesn’t have SSE/AVX/Neon intrinsics.
Without them, you can’t get anywhere near all the performance of C, nor anywhere near advertised performance of any modern CPU.
- steveklabnik 9y agoSometimes the compiler will autovectorize, but you're right that these are important. That's why it's actively being designed; it's a temporary limitation, not an inherent property.