kk881595@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (kevin knappmiller) (04/04/91)
Does Cray have, or have plans for, a vectorizing C++ compiler for the YMP? Kevin Knappmiller Department of Mechanical Engineering Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 kk881595@longs.lance.colostate.edu
jac@gandalf.llnl.gov (James A. Crotinger) (04/05/91)
kk881595@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (kevin knappmiller) writes: > Does Cray have, or have plans for, a vectorizing C++ compiler for the YMP? AT&T's CFRONT has been ported to CRAY YMP's and 2's. Since CFRONT just produces C code, it is possible to get vectorized code by using a vectorizing C compiler as the backend. Unfortunately, however, the constructs which one tends to use in C++ code often result in C code which is too complex for cc/scc's optimizer. Jim -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- James A. Crotinger Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab // The above views jac@moonshine.llnl.gov P.O. Box 808; L-630 \\ // are mine and are not (415) 422-0259 Livermore CA 94550 \\/ necessarily those of LLNL