[chasingsparks]

I think you misinterpreted what I said. I prototyped formerly in Python, and now with Ruby. I also do not chase down null pointer violations most of the time (except when debugging any CUDA exported functions that need speed).

[hyperbovine]

Ahh, righto, sure did! Well then we agree. How do you like CUDA? We just took delivery on a 4xTesla C1060 box which I can't wait to check out. Sadly it's sitting in a closet right now because of departmental squabbling over who must foot the air-con bill when it gets plugged in :-)

[chasingsparks]

I have a single C1060 on my desktop system -- it is the single greatest investment I have ever made. Granted, debugging CUDA is not great, but the for many things Thrust alone (http://gpgpu.org/2009/05/31/thrust) can make demolish any bottlenecks so you can get closer to your idea rather than spending all your time on metal. However, I have to play with OpenCL...especially now that OSX has built in support!