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by yoklov 4113 days ago
> it's Intel-specific

Most platforms offer intrinsics.

> it's a maintenance risk unless everyone in the shop knows how to write and maintain SSE code.

This is understandable, but not the case where I work. If you need to be writing SIMD code and this is the case, then you need to hire programmers who can do it. That or convince them to learn, as (again) it's not that hard.