The C programming language was often thought of as "portable assembler" code. It abstracted over an architecture of machines similar to the PDP-11. As it turned out, for many years this was close enough to the mainstream computer architectures in use to be very successful.
ISPC does the best job of any language I've seen at abstracting SIMD hardware. It is very well thought out and very usable.
But ISPC never got traction. There was not corporate support; it didn't get incorporates into any high-usage technology stacks; it has struggled to find any sustaining community of users.
ISPC does the best job of any language I've seen at abstracting SIMD hardware. It is very well thought out and very usable.
But ISPC never got traction. There was not corporate support; it didn't get incorporates into any high-usage technology stacks; it has struggled to find any sustaining community of users.