SIMD is processor specific, and is important only in certain scenarios. Trading portability for performance is a trade-off that most developers shouldn’t be wi

SIMD is processor specific, and is important only in certain scenarios. Trading portability for performance is a trade-off that most developers shouldn’t be willing to make if they are open sourcing their software, because it will prevent someone from running their software on that user’s desired platform, thereby showing the user the middle finger. That’s just wrong.