Another question: Does PDL just use threads behind the scenes, or does the programmer have to do something? For example, if I have two big matrices and I multiply them "$A x $B", will that operation somehow be distributed between multiple processors?
Cheers, Daniel. On 21 May 2011 16:04, chm <[email protected]> wrote: > This release introduces multi-processor support > using pthreads as well as a number of bugs > fixed and other enhancements. > > The git commits for this release came from John > Cerney, Dima Kogan, Doug Hunt, and Craig DeForest. > Many thanks to the feedback and discussions on > our perldl and pdl-porters lists as well. > > Enjoy and Happy PDL-ing! > Chris > > > Release Notes for PDL 2.4.9_002 -------------------------- > > General Notes: > > * Another quick CPAN developers release > > - It is a snapshot of the current git development tree > and everything may not work correctly or have complete > documentation. > > - These release notes may not be fully complete. Please > see Changes (from the git log) for full details. > > - All tests may not pass, especially ones corresponding > to issues in Known_problems. > > - Manual build/install is recommended although the > cpan shell may be used by specifying the distribution > path rather than just the module name, e.g.: > > cpan> get CHM/PDL-2.4.9_002.tar.gz > cpan> make CHM/PDL-2.4.9_002.tar.gz > cpan> test CHM/PDL-2.4.9_002.tar.gz > cpan> look CHM/PDL-2.4.9_002.tar.gz > > Highlights: > > * New multi-processor support for PDL computations using > pthreads. This can improve performance up to 2X-4X for > some problems. See pdldoc ParallelCPU for information. > > * Fix PDL::NiceSlice bugs sf.net #3295544 and #3300467 > > * Fix wcols() regression where file handle arguments > were not being handled correctly. > > * Various documentation and distributions fixes. > > > _______________________________________________ > Perldl mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl > -- I'm not overweight, I'm undertall. _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
