Hi Gor!
Then I guess you think C++ is a completely pointless waste of
time because of C also? CUDA carries a subset of C++, while
OpenCL does not, allowing for OO-programming, metaprogramming,
etc. Adding to that, there is also strong IDE support (editing
and debugging) for CUDA, while for OpenCL I have yet to find that
(which would of course also be an issue for "DUDA"). Not
_completely_ pointless yet, right?
Anyways, the original question was about GPU-oriented languages
and D.
As a variant to CUDA in D (DUDA): If there was a way to use a
subset of D (à la C++AMP) and have that turn into GPU and/or CPU
(using the code-gen/backend of the LLVM CUDA compiler, or compile
to OpenCL as a target for that matter), it'd be great. I too
don't like vendor lock-in (CUDA=nVidia) and C++ has it's
drawbacks as a language. The alternative of OpenCL is too much
plain C for it to feel modern/productive. An alternative based on
D could really have a potential of being great!?
To state it as an open question: What would be the D way of
facilitating GPU(+CPU) programming?
Cheers
Anders
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On Monday, 14 May 2012 at 18:24:26 UTC, Gor Gyolchanyan wrote:
I think CUDA is a completely pointless waste of time because of
OpenCL.
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 9:35 PM, <"Anders Sjögren\"
<[email protected]>"@puremagic.com> wrote:
Hi!
I was wondering, is anyone aware if there been any efforts on
using D as
the foundation for a GPGPU language?
For example: Given that there is are LLVM based D and CUDA
compilers,
might there be a way to modify D to nVidia GPU-enabled DUDA
similar to how
C++ is modified to CUDA, without having to implement the
entire compiler?
Keep up the interesting and good work!
Anders
