Lua is faster than Fortran???

[Terry Reedy]

On 7/9/2010 1:25 AM, sturlamolden wrote:

> With OpenCL, Python is better than C for heavy computing. The Python
> or C/C++ program has to supply OpenCL code (structured text) to the
> OpenCL driver, which does the real work on GPU or CPU. Python is much
> better than C or C++ at processing text. There will soon be OpenCL
> drivers for most processors on the market.

For those as ignorant as me, OpenCL = Open Computing Language (for 
parallel computing). Apple proposed, Khronos Group maintains spec (along 
with OpenGL), AMD, NVidea, Intel support.  Send C-like text to device, 
as with OpenGL; device compiles and runs; mainly for number crunching 
with all resources a machine has. OpenCL and OpenGL can work together. 
There is already a Python binding:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyopencl/

> But OpenCL drivers will not be pre-installed on Windows, as Microsoft
> has a competing COM-based technology (DirectX Compute, with an
> atrocious API and syntax).
>


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Terry Jan Reedy