Re: [Altivec Newbie] optimizing current code?

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From: Rob Barris
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:00

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In article <943r3l$hn2$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, petrock 
<petrock00@my-deja.com> wrote:

> 
> Can I simply enable the Altivec compile settings in my existing code and
> recompile and it will have Altivec optimizations (At least the MacOS
> functions)?  like it kind of was with the 68k to PPC transition...

   No.

> it seems to me that Altivec code is very close to Assembly.  Assembly
> isn't that easy to code with.  Are their any libraries I can use to do
> alot of the work for me?

   There are intrinsic vector datatypes added to the language, and in 
fact a nice suite of stuff to wade through on the Apple site:

http://developer.apple.com/hardware/ve/


   (and yes there are libraries like vDSP and others available)

Rob

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