[PD-dev] fftw in vanilla pd (was Re: PD-cvs Digest, Vol 16, Issue 4)

[geiger]

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, David Plans Casal wrote:
> On 20 Jun 2006, at 05:44, Frank Barknecht wrote:
>
> >> Sometimes something complex is not "better", it's just the only
> >> choice.
> >>
> > I'm quite sure, that FFT_BRANDX means FFTW, however kiss isn't faster,
> > it's slower than FFTW:
>
> Indeed, I was agreeing with the fact that slower isn't necessarily a
> bad thing, considering the reduction in complexity.
>
> But I understand Mathieu's argument, since it's about logistics, not
> speed, necessarily (for him).

My main argument was in favour of having an FFT hook, FFTW's speed is
really an advantage which comes for free (in most cases). There are cases
where one would prefer another FFT library, so having a hook to be able
to use different versions is a good idea.

Günter


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