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You can do portable SIMD in GNU C/C++ using the vector extension:

I'm not sure that "portable" and "only works on one specific compiler vendor" are very compatible concepts

gcc is available on and targets more platforms than rust. So if GNU C is not considered portable you can forget about 'portable rust'.

Portability in the C and C++ worlds generally means across standard-conforming compilers, not just across platforms