The foundation for SIMD vector operations has already been laid by Mike Pall, and his plan is to implement a pretty full API for supporting architectures. See:
I think he's looking for a sponsorship to accelerate this feature[1], so if you know of someone who might be in a position to sponsor the feature, it's a very worthy project!
http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2012-02/msg00207.html
I think he's looking for a sponsorship to accelerate this feature[1], so if you know of someone who might be in a position to sponsor the feature, it's a very worthy project!
1. http://wiki.luajit.org/Open-Sponsorships#Vector/SIMD-Data-Ty...