[HN Gopher] Faster C software with Dynamic Feature Detection
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       Faster C software with Dynamic Feature Detection
        
       Author : todsacerdoti
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2026-03-04 18:33 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | pjmlp wrote:
       | While using C extensions, and yes Microslop rather have you using
       | C++.
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       | https://herbsutter.com/2012/05/03/reader-qa-what-about-vc-an...
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       | Even if in recent years after tbat post they added support for
       | C11 and C17, minus some stuff like aligned mallocs.
        
       | BearOso wrote:
       | For function-multiversioning, the intrinsic headers in both gcc
       | and clang have logic to take care of selecting targets. You also
       | don't need to do dispatch manually when writing manual
       | optimizations--the same function name with different targets is
       | supported and dispatches automatically.
        
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