SIMD support...

[Simen Kjærås]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:26:55 +0100, David <d at dav1d.de> wrote:

> Am 16.01.2012 03:54, schrieb JoeCoder:
>> On 1/15/2012 1:42 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>>>
>>> A nice vector math library for D that puts us competitive will be a  
>>> nice
>>> addition to Phobos.
>>
>> The gl3n library might be something good to build on:
>> https://bitbucket.org/dav1d/gl3n
>>
>> It looks to be a continuation of the OMG library used by Deadlock, and
>> is similar to the glm (http://glm.g-truc.net) c++ library which emulates
>> glsl vector ops in software.
>>
>> We'd need to ask if it can be re-licensed from MIT to Boost.
> Hi,
>
> that's definitly possible! But to be honest, I don't  think putting gl3n  
> into phobos is a good idea. Why does phobos, the std. lib, need a  
> vector-lib?

To make it all the easier for those who want to make games in D?


> I haven't seen any other language with something like gl3n in the std.  
> lib. Also I used my own PEP-8, C (K&R with spaces) style, it would be a  
> real pain changing this to the Phobos style. One more point is, that  
> it's not just a Vector-lib, it also does Matrix-, Quaternion-math,  
> interpolation and implements some other useful mathematical functions  
> (as found in GLSL).
> Of course I am open to a discussion.

IMO, we should have vectors, matrices, quaternions and all those other
neat things easily accessible in the language (dual quaternions? Are they
used in games?)


> PS:// I already talked with Manu about this topic, and I don't wait too  
> long, gl3n will have core.simd support soon.

Looking forward to it.