Introduction to VectorC and its features
Microsoft Visual Studio integration
How to use VectorC from within Microsoft Visual Studio or within makefiles that are designed for Visual C
Command-line usage
How to use VectorC.exe from the command line
WRITING FOR DIFFERENT PROCESSORS
PC Microprocessors supported by VectorCDescription of available PC microprocessors and the features supported by VectorC
Processor detection with CPUID
How to detect a user's processor
MMX
MMX features described in detail
3DNow!
3DNow! features described in detail
Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSE features described in detail
IMPORTANT TOPICS FOR WRITING FAST CODE
Optimization GuidelinesGuidelines on writing code that will make the best use of VectorC's optimizer
Aliasing
Explanation of 'aliasing' and how to help VectorC produce fast code
Alignment
Controlling alignment of data compiled by VectorC and how this affects the optimizer
Hints
Description of the __hint__ keyword to assist optimization.
Prefetching
Description of 'prefetching' and how to make VectorC generate prefetch instructions
Calling Conventions
VectorC adds several new calling conventions that can speed up functions calls.
Floating-point Precision
WARNING: Read this if you are writing a network game or any program that needs consistent results for floating-point expressions..
LANGUAGE FEATURES
Predefined MacrosLists the predefined macros available within VectorC
Intrinsic Functions
Lists the functions converted by VectorC into inline code
Inline Assembly Language
How to include assembly language in your source code
GNU Compatibility
Describes the GNU C language extensions that are supported by VectorC
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