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CompilationTarget

CompilationTarget
is an option for Compile that specifies the target runtime for the compiled function.

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CompilationTarget applies to the creation of the compiled function.

The following settings can be used:

	"WVM"	the Wolfram Virtual Machine
	"C"	C code

creates code for the traditional Mathematica virtual machine.

creates C code, which is compiled to an external machine code library and linked back into Mathematica.

External files created when a target is specified are deleted either after use or when Mathematica exits.

A suitable external C compiler is required to target C code. If one is not found, Mathematica will use the .

When either or targets are specified, the following additional settings can be used:

	RuntimeAttributes -> Listable	compile a function with Listable attribute
	Parallelization -> True	try using multiple threads if possible

EXAMPLES

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Basic Examples (3)

You can target C code generation from Compile:

This runs the compilation using C code:

C code generation runs faster:

The default operation using the WVM runs more slowly:

You can combine parallel operations with C code generation to get even faster operation:

You can target C code generation from Compile:

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This runs the compilation using C code:

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C code generation runs faster:

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The default operation using the WVM runs more slowly:

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You can combine parallel operations with C code generation to get even faster operation:

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Neat Examples (1)

A real-time plotting of the Mandelbrot set, the computation using a CompilationTarget of C and parallelism is fast enough to update the image in real time.

First, the compiled function to compute values:

Now, a plot viewer to display the result and handle the interactions:

Now you can invoke the functions. Note that this is an image to interact with the picture you need to evaluate the commands: