On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 7:18 PM, abid rahman <abidrahman2@gmail.com> wrote:

1. Yes it is patented.

That rules out SWT then. Let's look at all the alternatives available and update the proposal accordingly.

2 - Regarding SIMD optimization : Is there any particular reason for less number of SIMD optimized functions? Other libraries seems to spend a lot of time on this.

Mainly, we've been picking our battles. But any attention in that area is welcome. Stéfan