I've heard that there are c libraries for things like SSE2. I assume the same is true of AVX2. If this is so, why do you write so much of x264 in assembly? Do you find that there are significant gains versus c-code that uses SIMD libraries? Have I been misled that C is nearly as fast as assembly 99% of the time?
Note: I'm not trying to question your engineering chops, just trying to correct my own misconceptions.
Note: I'm not trying to question your engineering chops, just trying to correct my own misconceptions.