Libcu++: Nvidia C++ Standard Library

Post by MichaelZuo » Sat, Sep 19, 2020, 12:32 PM UTC

fanf2 wrote: post #14

“ Whenever a new major CUDA Compute Capability is released, the ABI is broken. A new NVIDIA C++ Standard Library ABI version is introduced and becomes the default and support for all older ABI versions is dropped. ” https://github.com/NVIDIA/libcudacxx/blob/main/docs/releases...

Post by jcampbell1 » Sat, Sep 19, 2020, 12:54 PM UTC

BoppreH wrote: post #10

Unfortunate name, "cu" it's the most well known slang for "anus" in Brazil (population: 200+ million). "Libcu++" is sure to cause snickering.

Post by fullstop » Sat, Sep 19, 2020, 1:05 PM UTC

andrepd wrote: post #15

kitd wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

cf. the Vauxhall Nova car "No va" means "doesn't go" in Spanish.

Also Hyundai Kona, "cona" means "cunt" or "pussy" in Portuguese.

Post by shaklee3 » Sat, Sep 19, 2020, 1:13 PM UTC

lars wrote: post #2

It really is a tiny subset of the C++ standard library, but I'm happy to see they're continuing to expand it: https://nvidia.github.io/libcudacxx/api.html

Post by formerly_proven » Sat, Sep 19, 2020, 1:17 PM UTC

londons_explore wrote: post #22

MichaelZuo wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s interesting that they use the word to broken to describe incompatible machine code. Well if the code is recompiled for each new version then it’s different from the old machine code, that’s by definition. Does any major software vendor support older versions of the ABI or machine code?

Famously Microsoft does with Windows. That's how an exe file from 25 years ago can still run today.