Vielen dank für die Antwort :) I've never heard of orc before but it looks quite useful. I'll definitely consider it for my code.
Durand On 12 April 2012 18:41, Fabian Deutsch <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, > > Am Donnerstag, den 12.04.2012, 18:16 +0200 schrieb Durand: >> I'm considering using Vala to write a stellar evolution code which >> needs to be pretty efficient in utilizing memory and cpu cycles. Is >> there anything I'd need to be concerned about before using Vala for >> this purpose? I guess the main features of the code will be the use of >> large arrays. I'm also quite new to writing efficient code so I'm >> wondering whether it is sensible to use libgee arrays and maps or to >> stick to the basic arrays. As Vala is basically just C, I'm assuming >> that efficiency is comparable to native C code but that might be a >> little naive. > > If you use plain C arrays you might be interested in using orc [1] [1a] > with the vapi provided here [2]. It is widely used in e.g. gstreamer. > Orc helps you to apply operations to large arrays of data efficiently. > > - fabiand > > > [1] http://code.entropywave.com/orc/ > [1a] http://code.entropywave.com/git/orc.git > [2] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/vala-list/2010-May/msg00004.html > _______________________________________________ vala-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
