Bend: a high-level language that runs on GPUs (via HVM2)

Re:Bend: a high-level language that runs on GPUs (via HVM2) by mgaunard on Friday May 17, 2024 @06:20PM (#40394684)

Identifying what's parallelizable is valuable in the world of language theory, but pure functional languages are as trivial as it gets, so that research isn't exactly ground-breaking.

And you're just not fast enough for anyone doing HPC, where the problem is not identifying what can be parallelized, but figuring out to make the most of the hardware, i.e. the codegen.

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Re:Bend: a high-level language that runs on GPUs (via HVM2) by Oranguru on Friday May 17, 2024 @08:38PM (#40395558)

This approach is valuable because it abstracts away certain complexities for the user, allowing them to focus on the code itself. I found it especially beneficial for users who are not willing to learn functional languages or parallelize code in imperative languages. HPC specialists might not be the current target audience, and code generation can always be improved over time, and I trust based on the dev comments that it will be.

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