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Re: [RFC] How to add vector math functions to Glibc
- From: Andrew Senkevich <andrew dot n dot senkevich at gmail dot com>
- To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:28:30 +0400
- Subject: Re: [RFC] How to add vector math functions to Glibc
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>> due to latest OpenMP and CilkPlus features supported in GCC vectorized
>> math functions can be utilized more widely. So we need to find general
>> way how to add vectorized math functions to Glibc.
>> Lets discuss the following questions which were raised after first
>> patch x86_64 specific was sent.
>>
>
> What are the main target users of this extension? Is
> it mainly for programmers to use it directly in their
> applications, mostly independent of compilers? Or is it
> mainly for GCC?
It is mainly for GCC.
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WBR,
Andrew