On 3 November 2012 01:41, Walter Bright <newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote:
> On 11/2/2012 3:10 PM, Jens Mueller wrote: > >> I see. Thanks for clarifying. >> If I want fast vector operations I have to use core.simd. The built-in >> vector operations won't fit the bill. >> > I think a better quote would be "If i want *HARDWARE* vector operations..."; this is not automatically faster by nature, it requires strict self-control in terms of application, and very careful attention if you want your code to be portable. At the moment, yes. > > However, Manu is working on developing a higher order layer. > I have a fork; some people are using it already. It still needs a lot of work though; some compilers missing parts, platforms not supported. That said, it's not an effort to address D's natural vector syntax, the key goal is to provide a hardware SIMD API that is as orthogonal as possible and portable (with confidence it will run reasonably well). I wonder if druntime could be enhanced to use the SIMD stuff though in the functions that perform the natural vector operations, might offer some nice little boosts.
