[macstl-dev] [ANN] macstl 0.3 -- Tiger & YDL support, macstlizer script to help Altivec -> SSE, special offer

[Glen Low]

Hi All

This is the big one, the one that I've been promising so far. macstl  
0.3 features full support for Apple gcc 3.0 on OS X 10.4, including  
Universal Binaries that include both Altivec and SSE code. It also  
has new Yellow Dog Linux support, thanks to the work of the Altivec  
stalwarts, SKY Computers. Best of all, it features our new  
"macstlizer" technology -- a Perl script that converts your regular  
Altivec C code into virtually identically functional macstl C++ code,  
then uses the <altivec2mmx.h> to map the Altivec intrinsics to their  
SSE equivalents. You don't have to fight the compiler or worry about  
your typesafe Altivec code drowning in a morass of SSE symbols.

http://www.pixelglow.com/macstl/

I'm going to make a special offer for the people hardest hit by the  
Apple Intel transition. You are hardcore Altivec/performance coders  
caught by surprise on June 6, and you don't have the time or manpower  
to do the transition. Or even if you did, you dread having to  
maintain two separate source trees just to manage in the next couple  
of years.

The first 10 qualifying organizations (individual programmers,  
companies etc.) may purchase a Redistribution License for macstl for  
only $499 before September 6, 2005 -- 3 months after "the day hell  
froze over" in WWDC 2005. This is a huge 80% discount over our usual  
Redistribution License of $2499. Just two simple conditions:

1.    You must have 10 or less staff. (If you are bigger than that,  
consider making a nice donation to a good cause -- macstl!!)
2.    You are already shipping a product for Mac OS X that  
incorporates Altivec code (before September 6).

Email me at macstl at pixelglow dot com to discuss this, or you can  
follow the buzz at our mailing list http://www.pixelglow.com/lists/ 
listinfo/macstl-dev/.

Oh, and one more thing.

:-)

Feast your eyes on our newest and hottest benchmarks:

http://www.pixelglow.com/stories/macintel-faster-than-altivec/

I ain't got no Intel-based Apple Development Platform, but it's the  
next best thing -- the best (or near best) Intel has to offer today  
vs. our current G5 gear. SSE vs. Altivec. Windows vs. Mac OS X. Guess  
who wins.





Cheers, Glen Low


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