Chapter 12
Foreign LandsPlugging OpenCL In
Introduction
Up to this point, we have considered OpenCL in the context of the system programming languages C and C++; however, there is a lot more to OpenCL. In this chapter, we look at how OpenCL can be accessed from a selection of different programming language frameworks, including Java, Python, and the functional programming language Haskell.
Beyond C and C++
For many developers, C and C++ are the programming language of choice. For many others, this is not the case: for example, a large amount of the world’s software is developed in Java or Python. These high-level languages are designed with productivity in mind, often providing features such as automatic memory management, and performance has not ...
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