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Platform-independent SIMD in Go

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chrisjj · 1790346154 · focus · HN ↗
> Go 1.26 and 1.27 include experimental APIs for Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) operations.
You'd think these people would know the meaning of API, no?
1. cloudfudge · 1790349952 · focus · HN ↗
  One wonders what overly-narrow definition of API you're stuck on.
  1. chrisjj · 1790352571 · focus · HN ↗
    One wonders why you wonder.
    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API
    cloudfudge · 1790711609 · focus · HN ↗
    Well, given this quote from your reference:
    > The interface to a software library is one type of API. The API describes and prescribes the "expected behavior" (a specification) while the library is an "actual implementation" of this set of rules.
    Yes, I still wonder why you'd be picking this particular silly semantic battle.

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