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Fearless SIMD v1.0

318 points · 52 comments · verdagon

  1. amelius · · focus · HN ↗
    Sounds more like a book title than the name of a library, to be honest.
    1. pitdicker · · focus · HN ↗
      Reminds me of the &quot;Fearless Concurrency&quot; blog post by Aaron Turon in 2015 (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.rust-lang.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;04&#x2F;10&#x2F;Fearless-Concurrency&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.rust-lang.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;04&#x2F;10&#x2F;Fearless-Concurrency&#x2F;).

      Quote:

      The Rust project was initiated to solve two thorny problems:

      - How do you do safe systems programming?

      - How do you make concurrency painless?

      Initially these problems seemed orthogonal, but to our amazement, the solution turned out to be identical: the same tools that make Rust safe also help you tackle concurrency head-on.

      That was an eye-opener at the time, at least for me. Maybe Fearless SIMD borrows it&#x27;s name from that sentiment.

      Edit: the original announcement says this is the inspiration (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;raphlinus.github.io&#x2F;rust&#x2F;simd&#x2F;2018&#x2F;10&#x2F;19&#x2F;fearless-simd.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;raphlinus.github.io&#x2F;rust&#x2F;simd&#x2F;2018&#x2F;10&#x2F;19&#x2F;fearless-si...)

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