I wish that was true but my data says it isn't: - A verbose SIMD copy loop is often faster even on modern Intel CPUs that have the more modern rep implementati

I wish that was true but my data says it isn't: - A verbose SIMD copy loop is often faster even on modern Intel CPUs that have the more modern rep implementation. - A simple byte copy loop will beat both SIMD and rep when you're copying smaller amounts at a time.