subject:"\[go\-nuts\] Float32 math and slice arithmetics using SIMD"

Re: [go-nuts] Float32 math and slice arithmetics using SIMD

2016-10-26 Thread Ian Lance Taylor

On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 4:19 AM, Ondrej wrote: > > 1) Should there be more support for float32 mathematics in Go? The math > package offers a wide variety of functions, but when one operates on float32 > values, he needs to convert back and forth. I would normally use f64,

[go-nuts] Float32 math and slice arithmetics using SIMD

2016-10-26 Thread Ondrej

Hi there, I have two semi-proposals, which are borderline golang-nuts/dev, I'd be happy to flesh out either of them into a full-fledged proposal, if you guys see merit in them. I know SIMD has been discussed at least four times here, but never to a stage where it would result in a proposal.