From: lib!cshotton%oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu@tmc.edu (Chuck Shotton)
Subject: Re: Ada in a C++ Interview
Date: 7 Aug 91 14:30:42 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5283@lib.tmc.edu> (raw)
In article <1991Aug7.121826.20660@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, lijewski@theory.
TC.Cornell.EDU (Mike Lijewski) writes:
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> plenty of code. The first rule is always to make the code as highly
> vectorized as possible. Only then do you worry about parallelizing the
> code. The rationale being that parallelization always introduces overhead
> of its own, so you want the code to run as fast as possible before taking
> that step. My experience is that well vectorized code is both more
> efficient and maintainable, even on scalar machines. So the question is,
> are there any Ada compilers which produce highly vectorized code, on say
> Crays, IBM 3090s or any of the other vector machines?
>
I feel that I'm significantly ignorant of parallel processing to ask the
following FAQ:
Exactly what is involved in "vectorizing" code? Particularly, Ada code.
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1991-08-07 16:14 Ada in a C++ Interview Greg Titus
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