SIMD support...
Manu
turkeyman at gmail.com
Fri Jan 6 16:59:57 PST 2012
On 7 January 2012 02:52, Walter Bright <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
> MS also agree that the primitive __m128 is the right approach. I'm not
>> basing my
>
> opinion on their judgement at all, I independently conclude it is the right
>> approach, but it's encouraging that they agree... and perhaps they're a
>> more
>> respectable authority than me and my opinion :)
>>
>
> Can you show me a typical example of how it looks in action in source code?
Not without breaking NDA's... but maybe I will anyway, I'll dig some stuff
up...
> What I proposed in the OP is the simplest, most non-destructive initial
>> implementation in the language. I think there is the lest opportunity for
>> making
>> a mistake/wrong decision in my initial proposal, and it can be extended
>> with
>> what you're suggesting in time after we have the opportunity to prove
>> that it's
>> correct. We can test and prove the rest with libraries before committing
>> to
>> implement it in the language...
>>
>
> I don't think the typeless approach will wind up being any easier, and
> it'll certainly suck when it comes to optimization, error messages,
> symbolic debugger support, etc.
>
Symbolic debugger support eh... now that is a compelling argument! :)
Okay, I'm prepared to reconsider... but I'm still apprehensive. I'm
manuevans on skype, on there now if you want to add me...
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