I could swear I had read a similar rant of yours somewhere before, but could not find it. Anyway, I do not disagree with you. What I was trying to convey was n

I could swear I had read a similar rant of yours somewhere before, but could not find it. Anyway, I do not disagree with you. What I was trying to convey was not so much the quality of current intrinsic code, but the progress that has been made in the last ~5 years in this respect. I remember writing some intrinsic code that became a series of useless stores and loads all over the place. When that is your baseline, current tech is impressive, modulo the issues you've quite correctly pointed out.