ramesh@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Ramesh Jayaraman ) (04/13/91)
I would like to hear experiences of people using Vectoral compiler (as I understand it, Vectoral takes a scalar (Fortran like syntax ?) code and generates Vector instructions and object code for Crays - I don't know which Crays or if Vectoral is installed under Unicos). I also hear from a colleague that when he tested Vectoral in the summer of '89, it produced code MUCH slower than the equivalent Fortran code in two test cases ! What is the current use of Vectoral among the Ames community (especially Computational Fluid Dynamicists) ? Does Vectoral produce code code comparable in performance to to that produced by cf77 ? What is the current version of Vectoral and where can I get more information ? Is it true that some NAS codes are still written for Vectoral and not cf77 ? Thanks, Ramesh Jayaraman Internet: ramesh@ncsa.uiuc.edu NCSA Bitnet : u13019@ncsagate 4125 Beckman Institute, Drawer 25 1+(217) 244 -1990 (Voice) 405 N.Mathews Ave., Urbana IL 61801 -2909 (FAX)