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From: gshippen%pollux.usc.edu@usc.edu (Gregory Shippen)
Newsgroups: comp.parallel
Subject: Language support for vector instructions
Summary: Do vector instructions enhance or detract from programmability?
Keywords: vector instructions, languages, programmability
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Date: 15 May 89 17:20:36 GMT
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Question for the experienced vector folks (Eugene Maya perhaps?):

To those who have some experience in explicit vector support in languages:
does this support make it easier or more difficult for the average programmer?

In other words, would you prefer to see the compiler create the vector 
instructions without explicit programmer help (if it could do it well) or are 
vector instructions a win for the programmer?

Gregory B. Shippen
gshippen@pollux.usc.edu
University of Southern California
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