Re: GNAT and OpenCL

[anon@anon.org (anon)]

I would say No, because the concept of using a GPU for non-graphical 
uses is a "Safety" concern that the Ada RM might have issue with. 

Also, Ada is still primary a Concurrent language. But it also allows tasks to be 
placed on multiple cpus and/or systems controlled by the Ada RTL and the 
programmer. In this design it can go beyond the scope of the openCL 
without harming the existing hardware or adding layers upon layers of code. 
So, I see no reason for Ada or GNAT to use openCL.

And third, if GNAT wanted to try openCL, first GNU GCC would need to 
support the object code needed for CPU/GPU/DSP and openCL.  And GPU 
companies are not that friendly to the GPL and GNU groups.


In <5994b17b-0276-488d-9ea9-d791bbc81265@j18g2000prm.googlegroups.com>, Jerry <lanceboyle@qwest.net> writes:
>Does anyone know if there is going to be a GNAT that takes advantage
>of OpenCL (Open Computing Language)?
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCL
>Jerry