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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Vectorising compilers
Message-ID: <13265@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: 28 Aug 88 12:50:44 GMT
References: <64919@sun.uucp> <8358@smoke.ARPA> <4566@saturn.ucsc.edu> <1203@radio.toronto.edu>
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In article <1203@radio.toronto.edu> brian@radio.astro.toronto.edu
(Brian Glendenning) writes:
>Are vectorizing C++ compilers available on "crunching" machines, e.g.
>Cray, Convex and Alliant? (In fact, are vectorizing _C_ compilers
>available for the latter two)?

Convex has (and has had for years) a vectorising C compiler.  It is the
same as their FORTRAN back-end.  And if you use a Pascal-to-C translator,
you even get vectorised Pascal!...
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