It'd be fun to ask Daniel Lemire's undergrads if they learned about vector/simd instructions. It's hard for me to answer, because I was learning everything I c

It'd be fun to ask Daniel Lemire's undergrads if they learned about vector/simd instructions. It's hard for me to answer, because I was learning everything I could on the internet before undergrad, following each tiny micro-architectural tweak in minute detail. It makes it hard to remember what things college really provided & what was self-taught.