Altivec and Python

Brendan Hahn bhahn at spam-spam.g0-away.com
Mon Aug 5 17:07:06 EDT 2002


mtaylor at lowebroadway.com (Moray Taylor) wrote:
>Just out of curiousity, is there anything in Python that takes
>advantage of the PPC G4's Altivec (Velocity Engine)?

I'm working on an AltiVec-based version of longobject.c, just as a learning
exercise (learning AV).  I don't know how useful that'll be, but what I
really hope to do is an AltiVec-based Numeric module.  This is low-priority
for me, though, so progress is not swift.

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