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		merlincorey on Dec 8, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Phan by Etsy – A Static Analyzer for PHP 7+ > I'm not sure what SIMD refers to. Can you clarify that? With a name like "asm" that comes as a surprise... Single Instruction Multiple Data[0] refers to low level processor instructions that are able to work across a range of data, e.g. video cards working on changing the values in a framebuffer with one instruction mapping across an entire buffer in parallel. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIMD

giaour on Dec 8, 2015 | [–]

That doesn't clarify what the OP meant. PHP does not allow you to issue processor instructions directly.

psaintla on Dec 8, 2015 | [–]

I'm going to take a crazy leap here based on the commits. asm might not stand for what you think.

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