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 # stdsimd - Rust's standard library portable SIMD API
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 Code repository for the [Portable SIMD Project Group](https://github.com/rust-lang/project-portable-simd).
+Please refer to [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for our contributing guidelines.
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+If you have questions about SIMD, we have begun writing a [guide][simd-guide].
+We can also be found on [Zulip][zulip-project-portable-simd].
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+If you are interested in support for a specific architecture, you may want [stdarch] instead.
 
 ## Code Organization
 
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 Floating point, signed integers, and unsigned integers are the [primitive types](https://doc.rust-lang.org/core/primitive/index.html) you're already used to.
 The `mask` types are "truthy" values, but they use the number of bits in their name instead of just 1 bit like a normal `bool` uses.
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+[simd-guide]: ./beginners-guide.md
+[zulip-project-portable-simd]: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/257879-project-portable-simd
+[stdarch]: https://github.com/rust-lang/stdarch