On 9 October 2012 02:52, David Nadlinger <s...@klickverbot.at> wrote:
> > Is core.simd designed to really never be used and Manu's std.simd is >> really the starting place for libraries? (I believe I remember him >> mentioning that) >> > > With all due respect to Walter, core.simd isn't really "designed" much at > all, or at least this isn't visible in its current state – it rather seems > like a quick hack to get some basic SIMD code working with DMD (but beware > of ICEs). > > Walter, if you are following this thread, do you have any plans for SIMD > on non-x86 platforms? DMD doesn't support non-x86 platforms... What DMD offer's is fine, since it all needs to be collated anyway; GDC/LDC don't agree on intrinsics either. I already support ARM and did some PPC experiments in std.simd. I just use the intrinsics that gdc/ldc provide, that's perfectly fine. As said in my prior post, I think std.simd.sse, std.simd.neon, and friends, might all be a valuable addition. But we'll need to see about the codegen after it unravels a bunch of wrappers...
