Vectorisation Intrinsics for DMD?

[spir]

On 02/06/2011 05:01 PM, Peter Alexander wrote:
> Is there any plan to add vectorisation intrinsics to DMD?
>
> I know that DMD generates vectorised instructions for array operations, but
> last time I checked, these were far from optimal for aligned float[4] objects.
> In fact, it appears to generate a function call for all vector operations,
> regardless of size or alignment.
>
> I believe that these intrinsics would be very beneficial to D, and this is
> because I believe that one of D's biggest markets is indie game devs:
>
> - They need a really high performance language, but are tired of C++
> - They are not held back by legacy code
> - They are generally risk takers, so are willing to invest in new tech

- They need a sympathetic /data description language/, which D is not far to B. 
--> Lua, with the power of compilation and low-level coding, in a single language.
What do you think?

Denis
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