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COMPILED FUNCTION TOOLS PACKAGE OVERVIEW

The Mathematica Compiler

The Mathematica compiler provides an important way both to speed up and also to work with Mathematica computations.

IntroductionIntroduction

BasicsBasics

Comparison with Function

Compiled Function Internals

Calling the Compiler

Benefits of the CompilerBenefits of the Compiler

Faster Computation
Code Generation
Parallel Computation

Compiled Function OperationCompiled Function Operation

Type SystemType System

Boolean
Integer
Real
Complex
Tensor
Summary

Type Propagation

Type Coercion

Type Consistency

External CallsExternal Calls

Undefined External Calls

Packed Arrays

Compilation Errors

Runtime ErrorsRuntime Errors

Mathematical Function Error

Overflow and Underflow

External Call Error

List Processing and Other Errors

Runtime Attributes

Compilation OptionsCompilation Options

ExpressionOptimization

InlineCompiledFunctions

InlineExternalDefinitions

Runtime OptionsRuntime Options

CatchMachineOverflow

CatchMachineUnderflow

CatchMachineIntegerOverflow

RuntimeErrorHandler

Code Generation

CompilationTargetCompilationTarget

Computation Speedup

Listability and Parallelization

LifecycleLifecycle

Inspecting Generated Code
Output when Generating Code
C Compiler Commands when Generating Code
Debugging Generated Code

Parallel ComputationParallel Computation

Computation SpeedupComputation Speedup

CompilationTarget

External Calls

Random Numbers

Parallel Controls

EfficiencyEfficiency

CompilationTarget

Parallel CompilationParallel Compilation

CompilationTarget

External Calls

Runtime OptionsRuntime Options

Runtime Error Handling

Code Inspection

ExamplesExamples

Newton's Method Fractals

Julia Sets

ReferenceReference

CompilePrint

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