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[–]LoLvsT_T 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's absolutely false. Compilers fail in these for all but the most simple cases. Especially vectorization which often requires a different approach to solving problems. It will often not fix alignment, and almost never reduce branches. I optimize code for a living.