[Pharo-dev] FloatArray

[ducasse]

Thanks to remind us. It skipped our mind. I will raise the point tomorrow and discuss with marcus. 
Stef


> On 16 May 2019, at 20:26, Nicolas Cellier <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Any feedback on this?
> Did someone tried to use Smallapack in Pharo?
> Jimmie?
> 
> Le jeu. 25 avr. 2019 à 22:50, ducasse <stepharo at netcourrier.com <mailto:stepharo at netcourrier.com>> a écrit :
> Thanks nicolas.
> We will discuss this during the sprint tomorrow. 
> 
> 
>> On 25 Apr 2019, at 22:43, Nicolas Cellier <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com <mailto:nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> I've just published a new ConfigurationOfSmallapack
>> 
>> Currently, there is one test failing because I did not finish the support of LegacyFFI for invoking methods with more than 15 arguments (see below).
>> The other tests are passing, so you may try it now.
>> 
>> gory details:
>> The failing test requires the Opal Compiler to generate fallback code for invoking primitive 117 (ExternalFunction invokeWithArguments:) under the hood...
>> Old Compiler workaround was hackish, and is extremely complex to implement in cleaner Opal architecture
>> (Old compiler enabled mixing AST rewrite/code generation phase without a problem)
>> The plan was either to enhance primitive 120 to handle the case of many arguments passed through a single array...
>> Or to switch to UnifiedFFI (but even there, I don't remember if invoking primitive 117 was that straight forward...)
>> 
>> Le jeu. 25 avr. 2019 à 20:16, Jimmie Houchin <jlhouchin at gmail.com <mailto:jlhouchin at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> I appreciate your working to make this happen. No pressure from me on time. I am blessed that you are contributing this to the community and that I can benefit from your labors. At your convenience.
>> 
>> I look forward to using Smallapack when available. I am thrilled to be able to stay with Pharo and not have to use Python/Numpy. :)
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Jimmie
>> 
>> On 4/25/19 12:38 PM, Nicolas Cellier wrote:
>>> Hi Jimmie,
>>> The Metacello Configuration is not ready for Pharo7.
>>> I have succeeded in loading Smallapack yesterday without Metacello, and could run some of the tests.
>>> I had to modify a few methods because of Pharo refactorings, and there is still some work to make it fully operational.
>>> When ready, I'll update the Metacello configuration and keep you informed.
>>> 
>>> Le jeu. 25 avr. 2019 à 19:06, Jimmie Houchin <jlhouchin at gmail.com <mailto:jlhouchin at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>>> When I attempt to install via Metacello in Pharo 7, I get the following warning.
>>> 
>>> This package depends on the following classes:
>>>   Parser
>>>   MessageAsTempNode
>>>   Compiler
>>>   MessageNode
>>> 
>>> I do not know how to proceed from there. Any help greatly appreciated.
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Jimmie
>>> 
>>> On 4/24/19 12:20 AM, Nicolas Cellier wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I recommand inquiring about Smallapack, the Smalltalk interface to LAPACK, on squeaksource.com <http://squeaksource.com/> or github. You'll get the speed of numpy. There is a Metacello configuration. I have not checked the port on current 
>>>> Pharo, but I can reactivate if there is some interest.
>>>> 
>>>> Le mer. 24 avr. 2019 à 05:55, Jimmie Houchin <jlhouchin at gmail.com <mailto:jlhouchin at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>>>> I just recently discovered FloatArray by accident.
>>>> 
>>>> I was close to having to use Python/Numpy due to considerable 
>>>> performance differences. Performance is very important.
>>>> 
>>>> In one of my test using a 212000 item array of floats and doing a sum on 
>>>> each iteration through the array Pharo was taking 17 minutes verses 
>>>> Python/Numpy taking 20 seconds. Using FloatArray closes the gap to 40 
>>>> seconds. That is acceptable.
>>>> 
>>>> However when looking at the FloatArray comment it says it uses 32bit 
>>>> floats. I need 64bit. I don't even know where to look to create 64bit 
>>>> FloatArrays. I am surprised that they didn't get converted when moving 
>>>> to 64bit Pharo.
>>>> 
>>>> Would I need to change VM source? Compile a new VM and create image side 
>>>> classes? I have not messed with VM in years. I do not know where the 
>>>> FloatArray plugin would be.
>>>> 
>>>> Any pointers would be a great help. If this needs to be on the vm-dev 
>>>> list I can move it there.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> 
>>>> Jimmie
>>>> 
>>>> 
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