Re: [Gomp-discuss] fortran c/c++

[Biagio Lucini]

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Lars Segerlund wrote:

> 
>   I am very interested in starting of on 3DNow / MMx  / EMMX 
> instructions, since this would be a nice warmup working with the 
> backend, and there is some previous work on backends ( GLP'ed ).
> 

What do you refer to exactly? Some libraries for direct access of those
instructions, as implemented by Intel in their compilers? Or a smarter
optimisation enabling advanced use of instruction sets? 

>   So in order to attract competent developers, ( not scare them away ), 
> I think dokumentation would be a start, perhaps even the policy ( ouch ! 
> )  of 'nothing goes in if it's not documented' ?
> 

Maybe that's too strict. I'll be pretty happy with a clear design, even if
it must be updated often, as we lear better ways of doing things and
doxygen-generated documentation 'till the code proves to be stable.

Biagio