Thanks Damien :) so I want to further explore Slang , that means downloading the VMMaker , I am following the post of Mariano here https://marianopeck.wordpress.com/tag/vmmaker/
and install VMMaker like this 1 2 3 4 5 6 Deprecation raiseWarning: false. Gofer new squeaksource:'MetacelloRepository'; package:'ConfigurationOfVMMaker'; load. ((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfVMMaker) project version: '1.5') load. Question does CCodeGenerator contain the entire Slang ? I am downloading VMMaker to find how Slang plays with pointers and manual memory management so if you have any pointer (pun not intended) I will greatly appreciate it. On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Thierry Goubier <thierry.goub...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2014-09-15 15:13 GMT+02:00 p...@highoctane.be <p...@highoctane.be>: > >> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Thierry Goubier < >> thierry.goub...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hum, I would more like SSE and AVX code done this way: matrix >>> multiplications, bitmap processing, heavily used code, SciSmalltalk stuff >>> on very large datasets. >>> >> >> Indeed! I'd live to generate some CUDA code from Pharo. But the toolchain >> goes C code which gets compiled through some "black-hole toolchain" in the >> NVidia SDK with host and GPU blocks. >> > > You may be interested to contact Bernard Pottier. His NetGen toolkit does > CUDA code generation. NetGen is VisualWorks only for the moment, even if I > know someone who would like to have it in Pharo (well, two guys at least). > > >> >> That's too much to handle for my tastes, so the best is for me to have an >> engine (or for a better metaphor) and using Pharo to drive/steer/harness it. >> > > Yes. I intended to do things around that, but didn't found the time. > > >> >> >> Indeed! CUDA =-) >> >> OpenCL, SPIR code generation and link to Cog. >> >>> >>> The ability to generate better code than when targetting C. >>> >> >> True too. But aren't those compilers smart enough already? With current >> CPUs, well, it takes a strong man to do better things than the compiler it >> seems. Or am I mistaken? >> > > You are. A lot may be done if your input language is not C, but this is > not allways relevant to the Pharo situation. > > I should know a lot more about LLVM-IR generation in a few months time. > I'll say if I see easy gains when doing Smalltalk code. > > >> >>> >>>> >>>> Ah, I should have taken the research career :-) >>>> >>> >>> Hum, you know that researchers are allways on the lookout for SMEs to >>> collaborate on projects :-) >>> >> >> Duly noted :-) Feel free to tickle me :-) >> > > Noted :) > > Thierry >
