Re: [boost] [rfc] Boost Graphic/Game Engine

From: Jeremy Maitin-Shepard (jbms_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-12 17:45:49

"Felipe Magno de Almeida" <felipe.m.almeida_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On 7/19/07, Mathias Gaunard <mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Felipe Magno de Almeida wrote:

> [snip]

>> In the near future, Mesa (Linux OpenGL implementation) should allow to
>> run any C, C++, or even Python code on your GPU.

> How is that possible?

Presumably "any" doesn't really mean any, but just that you can write
code specifically for the GPU using C, C++, or Python.  It seems that
the idea is to write a compiler for C, for C++, and for Python that
generates suitable code for GPUs of various graphics cards.

-- 
Jeremy Maitin-Shepard