Very interesting. I'll look into that sometime. Am I right in assuming I presume veclib is a standard OSX library? Is there and equivalentfor the new Intel Core 2 Duo DSP instruction set?
Guess the only thing is it isnt cross-platform. ( or is this a GNU library ? ) Dan On 24/8/06 23:03, "Mike Woodworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this is *very* doable via declares to vecLib on os x. not great for > everything altivec, but all the DSP stuff is super easy. > > mike > -- > Mike Woodworth > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Aug 24, 2006, at 5:14 PM, Daniel Stenning wrote: > >> Interesting question. >> >> I remember someone on this nug mentioning a while back that PowerBasic >> Produces very tight and speedy executables and was used by many >> people in >> science and engineering industries. >> >> It would be cool if RB could be tune its compiler to run like a >> "bat out of >> hell" like PowerBasic apparently does. Now of course PowerBasic >> doesn't do >> OOP which is one reason why it can beat RB in speed. >> >> Since one of your respondents atated he could only get to 2/3 of >> the speed >> of the equivalent FORTRAN code it would be great if the RB compiler >> could be >> "tuned" in this regard to make RB more appealing to the science >> community. >> >> For my own "two penneth" what would be really cool performance wise >> would be >> if RB could be made optimisable for DSP signal processing >> applications. IE >> to take advantage of and optimise for the Altivec and Core2 Due DSP >> oriented >> instruction sets where applicable. Maybe some language enhancements ( >> "hints" etc ) might help in this area too. >> >> On 24/8/06 14:35, "John Kubie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I'm a scientist (Behavioral Neuroscience) and have used REALbasic for >>> several years. While REALbasic certainly is not a traditional >>> scientific programming environment, I've found that I can be very >>> productive. I've been able to throw together useful tools in as >>> little as an hour and made applications for a surprising variety of >>> tasks. >>> >>> My questions: >>> >>> How large is the REALbasic scientific community? >>> >>> What are others' thoughts on the strengths and weaknesses of >>> REALbasic as a scientific platform? >>> >>> What should REALbasic, or its community, do to aid in cooperation >>> among science-oriented programmers? >>> >>> John Kubie >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: >>> <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> >>> >>> Search the archives of this list here: >>> <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: >> <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> >> >> Search the archives of this list here: >> <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives of this list here: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
