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- │ OptiVec for Borland C / C++ │
- │ by Martin Sander 1996-1998 │
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- │ Shareware Version 1.2.5 │
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- 1. Introduction
- ---------------
- Vector functions instead of loops - if it matters to you how fast and how
- accurate your data are processed!
- The largest portion of almost all programs processing numerical data
- consists of loops. Replace these loops by the specialized vector
- and matrix functions of OptiVec, and exploit all the advantages of
- vectorized programming:
-
- - OptiVec was almost entirely written in Assembly language. The result is a
- highly optimized and numerically accurate code, running 2-3 times faster
- than compiled loops.
-
- - fully vectorized forms of all operators and functions of the language
- C/C++ for all integer and floating-point (including complex!) data types
-
- - Additionally many other real and complex math functions, statistics,
- analysis, FFT techniques, graphics - in total more than 3000!
-
- - Simple and logical syntax, for example
- "VF_exp( Y, X, size );" for Y[i] = exp( X[i] ) with "float" arrays,
- "VD_FFT( Y, X, size, 1 );" for double-precision forward FFT
- "ME_mulM( MZ, MX, MY, htX, lenX, lenY );"
- for extended-precision matrix multiplication
-
- 2. System requirements
- ----------------------
- This version of OptiVec is designed for IBM AT, PS/2 or compatibles,
- equipped at least with a 80386 CPU and a 80387 coprocessor.
- For Borland C++ (Turbo C++), version 3.0 or higher, memory models Win32,
- Windows-LARGE, or DOS-LARGE (depending on choice when ordering or
- downloading).
- Registered version: all memory models; separate libraries optimized for
- all processors from 486DX/Pentium down to 286 with or without coprocessor.
-
-
- 3. Installation
- ---------------
- Please run the installation program INSTALL.EXE. If anything goes wrong,
- you may try the following:
- a) Create the directory where you want OptiVec to reside.
- b) Manually unzip the file DOC.ZIP into it.
- c) Create a sub-directory /LIB and unzip the file LIB.ZIP into it.
- d) Create a sub-directory /INCLUDE and unzip the file INCLUDE.ZIP into it.
- If you don't succeed that way, you probably got a corrupted download.
- Please download again. If even that does not help, please contact:
- MartinSander@Bigfoot.com.
-
- After you completed the installation, you must set the library search path
- and the include-file search path according to your OptiVec directory choice:
- Add these paths to the standard settings in the menu
- "Options/Project/Directories" of Borland C 4.x and 5.x, or
- "Options/Directories" in Borland C++ 3.x.
- (Remember: a semicolon is used to separate entries in these fields.)
-
- 4. Running the examples
- -----------------------
- Check your installation by compiling and running the appropriate demo file.
- Follow the instructions in the header of that file.
- If you get compiler errors like "Cannot open include file ...", or a
- linker error "Unresolved external", you probably did not set the library
- and include paths correctly.
-
- VDEMO.CPP is a DOS program,
- VDEMOW1.CPP is for Borland C++ 3.x with OWL 1.0 for Windows
- VDEMOW2.CPP is for Borland C++ 4.0 or higher with OWL 2.0+
-
- For DOS, create a project containing
- VDEMO.CPP, VCL3.LIB, and GRAPHICS.LIB.
- Choose the application either as DOS Standard or as DOS Overlay.
- VCL3.LIB may or may not be used as an overlay (option to be set:
- "Project/Local Options/Overlay this module").
- Choose the memory model LARGE.
- Check the floating-point options. Neither "No floating-point" nor
- "Floating-point emulation" should be selected.
-
- For 16-bit Windows with Borland C++ 3.x,
- create a project containing
- VDEMOW1.CPP, VCL3W.LIB, and OWL.DEF.
- Choose the application as Windows-EXE, model LARGE.
- Choose the memory model LARGE and 287 floating-point operations
-
- For 16-bit Windows with Borland C++ 4.0 or higher,
- create a project containing
- VDEMOW2.CPP and VCL3W.LIB.
- In the TargetExpert, choose as target
- Application [.EXE] for Windows 3.x, model LARGE.
- Tick the boxes for Standard Libraries OWL, ClassLibrary, and Runtime.
- Use, as you prefer, either Dynamic or Static linking.
-
- For Windows95 or NT with Borland C++ 4.0 or higher,
- create a project containing
- VDEMOW2.CPP and VCF3W.LIB.
- In the TargetExpert, choose as target
- Application [.EXE] for Win32, GUI model.
- Tick the boxes for Standard Libraries OWL, ClassLibrary, and Runtime.
- Use, as you prefer, either Dynamic or Static linking.
-
-
- 5. Documentation
- ----------------
- The full OptiVec documentation is to be found in the files
- HANDBOOK.TXT, FUNCREF.TXT, MATRIX.TXT, and CMATH.TXT as ASCII text.
- If you want to load the documentation into a word processor under Windows,
- you must use the filter "ASCII text" or "DOS text".
-
-
- 6. Copyright
- ------------
- The copyright owner of this product as a whole and of all its constituent
- parts is
- Dr. Martin Sander Software Development
- Serturnerstr. 11
- D-37085 Goettingen
- Germany
- e-mail: MartinSander@Bigfoot.com
-
- This Shareware version of OptiVec is freely distributable in unchanged form.
- For the distribution of applications created using OptiVec, you need the
- registered version. The detailed licence terms are described in chapter 1.2
- of the file HANDBOOK.TXT.
-
-
- 7. Registered Version
- ---------------------
- If you like OptiVec and decide to use it, please be fair and register.
- The registered version
- - supports all memory models of Windows95, NT, 3.x, and DOS
- (including the 32-bit model FLAT).
-
- - has individually optimized libraries for each degree of processor
- backward-compatibility:
- 486DX/Pentium+
- 386+ (387 coprocessor required)
- 286+ (no coprocessor required).
-
- - comes with printed documentation.
-
- - costs USD 250
- and can be ordered by e-mail from the author or through the
- following secure-server Internet sites:
-
- http://www.atlantic-coast.com/cgi-bin/sellonline/136.htm
- http://www.shareit.com/programs/101557.htm
- http://www.shareit.com/deutsch/programs/101556.htm
-
- See chapter 1.3 of the file HANDBOOK.TXT for further details about
- ordering.
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