From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,68f66270391b820 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-25 04:35:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!193.174.75.178!news-fra1.dfn.de!news-stu1.dfn.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!not-for-mail From: Peter Hermann Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Slices of 2d arrays? +HPF Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 11:26:25 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Comp.Center (RUS), U of Stuttgart, FRG Message-ID: References: <5ee5b646.0207241633.6518ef31@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: iris16.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de X-Trace: news.uni-stuttgart.de 1027596385 31391 129.69.118.32 (25 Jul 2002 11:26:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@news.uni-stuttgart.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 11:26:25 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-980117 (UNIX) (IRIX/6.5 (IP22)) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27394 Date: 2002-07-25T11:26:25+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote: > However, as soon as you extend slices to >1D arrays, the > feature no longer obeys the "Bauer Principle" which says > that you should not pay overhead for a feature unless > you use it. That's because general slicing results in > non-standard strides, and you have to allow for this > whether or not such slicing is used. convincing. In this context, BTW: I am unhappy with the fact, that Ada does not gain terrain in the realm of high performance computing/fortran (HPF). Those "customers" seem to be entirely satisfied with their fortran neverending story. -- --Peter Hermann(49)0711-685-3611 fax3758 ica2ph@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de --Pfaffenwaldring 27 Raum 114, D-70569 Stuttgart Uni Computeranwendungen --http://www.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de/homes/ph/ --Team Ada: "C'mon people let the world begin" (Paul McCartney)