From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id WAA26660; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 22:41:57 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA26491 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 22:41:56 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from outbound28-2.lax.untd.com (outbound28-2.lax.untd.com [64.136.28.160]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i58KfrSH014159 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 22:41:54 +0200 Received: from outbound28-2.lax.untd.com (smtp02.lax.untd.com [10.130.24.122]) by smtpout04.lax.untd.com with SMTP id AABANNKDRAPM8A9S for (sender ); Tue, 8 Jun 2004 13:41:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 13525 invoked from network); 8 Jun 2004 20:41:03 -0000 Received: from 66-52-245-36.sttl.dial.netzero.com (HELO vangogh) (66.52.245.36) by smtp02.lax.untd.com with SMTP; 8 Jun 2004 20:41:03 -0000 From: "Brandon J. Van Every" To: "caml" Subject: RE: [Caml-list] 32 bit floats, SSE instructions Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 13:50:46 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <200406081754.34336.jdh30@cam.ac.uk> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal X-ContentStamp: 8:4:1762644552 X-MAIL-INFO: 53c9b4d01db4d0f471d0d454041994c4d441c4d4550dd47d30f53d X-UNTD-OriginStamp: CI84cOLHFqh7Zd2QWkwvEFvwyO3T/pIsPQZphDk9MRj3pgdVS+jCp4cNnPOzNFQq X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 40C62492.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; brandon:99 caml-list:01 floats:01 brandon:99 transitions:01 specifics:01 rigth:01 pipelines:01 seattle:99 2004:99 optimized:02 wrote:03 inline:03 challenged:96 bunch:03 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Jon Harrop Brandon J. Van Every wrote: > > ... What a > > 3D graphics guy often really wants, is the ability to > > inline a bunch of > > function "pipeline" stages into one fairly complicated > > function. The > > transitions between pipeline stages should all be optimized > > together. > > Can you give an example of this? I'm feeling mentally challenged on specifics rigth now. Generally speaking, 3D graphics problems are pipelines with N stages you might turn on or off. This creates 2^N path possibilities. Often you'd like to coalesce the operations at the various stages. Cheers, www.indiegamedesign.com Brandon Van Every Seattle, WA "The pioneer is the one with the arrows in his back." - anonymous entrepreneur --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.693 / Virus Database: 454 - Release Date: 5/31/2004 ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners