D GPU execution module: A survey of requirements.

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On Thursday, 10 May 2018 at 07:25:32 UTC, Nicholas Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday, 10 May 2018 at 00:10:07 UTC, H Paterson wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 9 May 2018 at 23:37:14 UTC, Henry Gouk wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, 9 May 2018 at 23:26:19 UTC, H Paterson wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'm interested in writing a module for executing D code on 
>>>> GPUs. I'd like to bounce some ideas off D community members 
>>>> to see what this module needs do.
>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Check out https://github.com/libmir/dcompute
>>
>> Welp... It's not quite what I would have envisioned, but seems 
>> to fill the role.
>>
>> Thanks for pointing Dcompute out to me - I only found it 
>> mentioned in a dead link on the D wiki.
>>
>> Time to find a new project...
>
> It's not dead, it's just pining for the fjords^H^H^H^H  
> hibernating waiting for me to finish undergrad (~7 weeks). You 
> are more than welcome to join the development.
>
> Nic

Dcompute seems really promising, unfortunately I have not yet 
successfully build the ldc compiler using a LLVM fork with SPIRV 
enabled: https://github.com/libmir/dcompute/issues/46

Maybe you should try with a ldc 1.7 or less (I tried 1.8 and 1.9 )

Good luck