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Re:Postgres on the GPU by pjmlp on Wednesday April 24, 2013 @02:33AM (#5600193)
How come, given that only CUDA has direct support for C++ and FORTRAN compilers that target the GPU?
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Re:Postgres on the GPU by m_mueller on Wednesday April 24, 2013 @04:08AM (#5600384)
Furthermore Python[1], Matlab[2], F#[3]. Furthermore parallel device debuggers (TotalView, Allinea), profilers (NVIDIA). There's a long way for OpenCL to catch up, if ever (because there might be a better standard coming further down the line).

[1] http://www.techpowerup.com/181585/NVIDIA-CUDA-Gets-Python-Su...

[2] http://www.mathworks.com/discovery/matlab-gpu.html

[3] https://www.quantalea.net/media/pdf/2012-11-29_Zurich_FSharp...

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