> On Mar 30, 2021, at 4:05 PM, Raffaello Giulietti > <raffaello.giulie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > > On 2021-03-30 22:54, Paul Sandoz wrote: >>> On Mar 30, 2021, at 1:03 PM, Brian Goetz <brian.go...@oracle.com> wrote: >>> >>> Overall, I'd be happy to see Decimal types that are aimed at "reasonable >>> precision" in addition to the infinite precision that BD offers. (After >>> Valhalla, of course.) >>> >> Yes, me too. >> Raffaello, as an experiment you could develop such classes as primitive >> classes compiled against recent builds of Valhalla. > > I guess the most recent builds of Valhalla are those resulting from building > from the source code in the git repo. Or are you recommending the official ea > releases instead? >
I would recommend building from the git repo if you can, since that will allow for the most relevant feedback. > I ask because I plan to use the latest release from the git repo and keeping > it current, not the ea release. > > >> I would caution against unduly biasing towards "business applications”, as I >> think with primitive classes and other possible features Java can become a >> better platform for scientific or engineering purposes. >> As an example we are making progress with the Vector API and in the >> panama-vector repo we have integrated with code of Intel’s Short Vector Math >> Library, which may open the possibility for it to be used by the >> auto-vectorizer too. >> Paul. > > As far as I can tell, scientific computation will make use of binary floating > point numbers for a long time. Decimal floating point numbers are still > limited to biz and fin applications. > Ok. > Does Intel's lib operates on decimal formats as well? > No. Paul.
