Re: [9fans] Good enough approximation for ape/pcc

[Paul Lalonde <plalonde@telus.net>]

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You should see the bare machine then... Sony's GCC is even more hooped.

And the PS3 version is no better, with huge dependence on "restrict"
for any sort of performance, especially on SPU.  And don't  It's made
me go back to coding assembly instead.  And its structure packing so
interferes with good data layout I want to cry.

(Shameless plug follows)

That said, Neoptica (www.neoptica.com - the startup I'm involved
(committed?) with) is looking for a world-class systems/compilers
person to join our team; we're working on novel approaches to exploit
multi-core architectures, GPUs, and fast bi-directional busses to
improve the visuals in next-games.  The systems job add isn't posted
yet, but should be soon - for the flavour through, think Brook
(http://graphics.stanford.edu/papers/brookgpu/brookgpu.pdf), Sequoia
(http://graphics.stanford.edu/~kayvonf/papers/sequoia_draft.pdf), and
EAGL (http://www.cs.brown.edu/~tor/sig2002/ea-shader.pdf)


Paul

On 10-Apr-06, at 1:37 AM, Bruce Ellis wrote:

> distrust anthing with more than one underscore.
>
> i've seen  ...
>
> #define iniline __inline__
>
> more than once, and don't care what it means.
> the ps2 linux port is crazy.  trying to align things.
>
> brucee
>
> On 4/10/06, lucio@proxima.alt.za <lucio@proxima.alt.za> wrote:
>>> Gcc does all these kinds of optimizations and more.  I can't imagine
>>> what they're optimizing for.
>>>
>>>     gcc-developer time?  many hours went into writing that code.
>>
>> On the contrary, they are protecting their "job" just like any other
>> employee, by making themselves indispensable.  I don't think it's
>> necessary or a conscious decision on their part, but it's that aspect
>> of human nature that eventually defeats any attempt at benevolent
>> social engineering.  Call it "the tragedy of the commons", if you
>> need
>> a label.
>>
>> ++L
>>
>>


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