John,

> A quick check with
> f :=  FloatArray new: 1000000 withAll: 1.0  .
> g := FloatArray new: 1000000 withAll: 2.0  .
> [100 timesRepeat: [f+=g]] timeToRun.
> 
> using vadd(rcvrPtr,1,argPtr,1,rcvrPtr,1,length);  //Is this legal?
> 
> takes about 1765ms, versus  3802ms

  Looks good.  If you are willing to hack the KedamaPlugin, replace
a few vector ops with altivec, and run some simple Kedama example, it
should give you some noticable difference, (I hope.)

  Thank you!

-- Yoshiki