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).
-- Terry Jan Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
