unsubscribe On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 7:21 AM Florian Hahn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Mark, > > > On 18 Feb 2020, at 15:41, Mark Borgerding <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Caveat: I'm an interested but mostly ignorant observer. > > > > > > It seems to me like the clang/llvm developers may want to work on a > > `eigen_clang` fork in order to utilize the testing and benchmark code of > > Eigen. > > > > Showcasing against baseline Eigen would provide an important data point > > for the "so what?" question that all projects must face. > > > > It would also provide a testing baseline. I'm sure there would need to > > be additional tests specific to the domain of compilers. > > > > > > > I think that baseline Eigen vs. the clang/llvm matrix support could be > > the sort of friendly rivalry that benefits both sides (and subsequently > > all users). > > Agreed. To avoid any confusion I’d like to re-iterate that the matrix > extension is not intended to replace libraries like Eigen, but to help > simplify & improve on cases where developers currently would have to use > target-specific intrinsics/ext_vector_type to get optimal performance. > > Cheers, > Florian > >
