Yes, it might make sense to include the arrayfire lib in some way with the addon. Let's get a bit more experience with it as it stands and then decide. For example, the addon could offer the option of getting the lib from jsoftware.com.
Note that arrayfire includes opencl lib in its lib so we would be just following that precedent. On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 10:30 AM bill lam <bbill....@gmail.com> wrote: > I checked the lib folder is about 1GB after zipped. The installer > downloaded from arrayfire is about 7GB. > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 at 9:18 AM bill lam <bbill....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I think af addon doesn't need include or lib files to run. If dll files > > only are mandatory, can these windows dll be downloaded from j software > > website and put into a folder under the af addon? > > > > > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 at 5:08 AM Eric Iverson <eric.b.iver...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> arrayfire addon updated > >> > >> * improved init > >> > >> * support for apple m1 > >> > >> * Pascal's idea that integer lists are better than boxed lists > >> this required changes in several of the tutorial examples > >> for example, > >> q=. af_matmul_jaf_ af1;af2 > >> was changed to > >> q=. af_matmul_jaf_ af1,af2 > >> > >> * J like dyad syntax for ops like matmul and the mop family was not > >> adopted > >> matmul lh,rh is in fact: matmul lh,rh,lhoptions,rhoptions > >> mop lh,rh is in fact: mop lh,rh,options > >> this makes the dyad idea less attractive > >> > >> * opencl has been tested > >> it works, but is quite flaky on some platforms > >> works as expected on windows, but had lots of 'internal error' on linx > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
