Bend a Parallel Language

by _ZeD_ • 2 years ago

8 4 2 years ago

I messed with this yesterday a little bit, it's pretty cool. Waiting for more native types and some IO and then I'm really going to play with it.

gdiamos• 2 years ago

What kind of programs would you write in bend? Would you use it instead of CUDA kernels or openmp pragmas?

What about weird stuff in python like objects, duck typing, side effects, io/print statements, etc

friend_and_foe2• 2 years ago

Bend isn't about practical utility right now, just a proof of concept implementation of a high level language that compiles to interaction nets. The ultimate goal is to be able to easily write massively parallel code without having to do any of the work to get parallelism, it just happens by itself. Already that is proven, now the work begins to optimize and add useful features.

dang• 2 years ago

Bend: a high-level language that runs on GPUs (via HVM2) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40390287 - May 2024 (184 comments)

Bend a Parallel Language

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