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Re:Platform-Independent SIMD in Go by cloudfudge on Friday September 25, 2026 @11:25AM (#49845926)
One wonders what overly-narrow definition of API you're stuck on.
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Re:Platform-Independent SIMD in Go by chrisjj on Friday September 25, 2026 @12:09PM (#49846466)
One wonders why you wonder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API

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Re:Platform-Independent SIMD in Go by cloudfudge on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @03:53PM (#49899383)
Well, given this quote from your reference:

> The interface to a software library is one type of API. The API describes and prescribes the "expected behavior" (a specification) while the library is an "actual implementation" of this set of rules.

Yes, I still wonder why you'd be picking this particular silly semantic battle.

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