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Have you seen C code with SIMD intrinsics? They are an eyesore

• jsheard 2y ago
  You're not wrong but that's more of an issue with C than an issue with intrinsics, in higher level languages like C++ or Rust you have the option to wrap instrinsics in types which are much nicer to work with.
  • oguz-ismail 2y ago
    >C++ or Rust Nah. I find well commented three column AT&T assembly with light use of C preprocessor macros easier and more enjoyable to read.
    • Inityx 2y ago
      Now that's what I call an unpopular opinion.
      • saagarjha 2y ago
        Among people who write assembly regularly it's not that unpopular
• t-3 2y ago
  Not just an eyesore, they also are typed, so any widening or narrowing or using only part of a vector register ends up needing casts so things can get really extremely confusing and cluttered when doing anything beyond basic algebra. With asm it's a much shorter, more elegant and visually-aligned waterfall of code.
• xgkickt 2y ago
  Only if using x86-64 IME. Other architectures that don’t require as much shuffling of data are far more legible.