Modified console output (now without clearing).

Author: okozelsk

TutorialApp/AcceleratorExample.cs

@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ public class AcceleratorExample : IDisposable
         /// disposed.</remarks>
         public AcceleratorExample()
         {
-            Console.Clear();
+            Console.WriteLine("*******************");
+            Console.WriteLine("* Example started *");
+            Console.WriteLine("*******************");
             Console.WriteLine("Initializing ILGPU context...");
             _context = Context.CreateDefault();
             Console.WriteLine("Context object obtained");
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ public AcceleratorExample()
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Nothing special. Performs a grid-stride loop operation on a 2D source array, applying a neighborhood-based computation and
+        /// Does nothing special. Performs a grid-stride loop operation on a 2D source array, applying a neighborhood-based computation and
         /// storing the results in a 2D destination array.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="srcArray">The 2D source array of bytes. Each element represents the input data for the computation.</param>
@@ -185,11 +187,11 @@ long PerformGPUWrappedAcceleratorPatternTest()
 
             Console.WriteLine("GPUWrappedAccelerator pattern test started...");
             long gpuWrappedAcceleratorPatternTime = PerformGPUWrappedAcceleratorPatternTest();
-            Console.WriteLine($"  Execution took {gpuWrappedAcceleratorPatternTime} ms.");
+            Console.WriteLine($"  Load kernel calls took {gpuWrappedAcceleratorPatternTime} ms.");
 
             Console.WriteLine("Classical pattern test started...");
             long classicalPatternTime = PerformClassicalPatternTest();
-            Console.WriteLine($"  Execution took {classicalPatternTime} ms.");
+            Console.WriteLine($"  Load kernel calls took {classicalPatternTime} ms.");
 
             double ratio = Math.Round(classicalPatternTime >= gpuWrappedAcceleratorPatternTime ?
                                       (double)classicalPatternTime / (double)gpuWrappedAcceleratorPatternTime
@@ -200,10 +202,6 @@ long PerformGPUWrappedAcceleratorPatternTest()
             string result = classicalPatternTime >= gpuWrappedAcceleratorPatternTime ? "faster" : "slower";
             Console.WriteLine($"Using the GPUWrappedAccelerator pattern to load kernel is about {ratio} times {result} than when using Classical pattern.");
 
-            Console.WriteLine();
-            Console.WriteLine();
-            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
-            Console.ReadKey();
             return;
         }
 
@@ -222,7 +220,6 @@ private void Dispose(bool disposing)
                 _isDisposed = true;
                 if (disposing)
                 {
-                    Console.WriteLine("Disposing ILGPU context...");
                     _context.Dispose();
                 }
             }

TutorialApp/AllocatorExample.cs

@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ public class AllocatorExample
         /// GPUs on host machine (for information only).</remarks>
         public AllocatorExample()
         {
-            Console.Clear();
+            Console.WriteLine("*******************");
+            Console.WriteLine("* Example started *");
+            Console.WriteLine("*******************");
             Random rand = new();
             int height = 600;
             int width = 800;
@@ -261,10 +263,6 @@ public void Run()
             // Execute the parallel sequence
             _ = ExecuteParallelSequence();
 
-            Console.WriteLine();
-            Console.WriteLine();
-            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
-            Console.ReadKey();
             return;
         }
 

TutorialApp/AllocatorNDStreamExample.cs

@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ public class AllocatorNDStreamExample
         /// GPUs on host machine (for information only).</remarks>
         public AllocatorNDStreamExample()
         {
-            Console.Clear();
+            Console.WriteLine("*******************");
+            Console.WriteLine("* Example started *");
+            Console.WriteLine("*******************");
             Random rand = new();
             int height = 600;
             int width = 800;
@@ -268,10 +270,6 @@ public void Run()
             // Execute the parallel sequence
             _ = ExecuteParallelSequence();
 
-            Console.WriteLine();
-            Console.WriteLine();
-            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
-            Console.ReadKey();
             return;
         }
 

TutorialApp/Program.cs

@@ -7,13 +7,19 @@
 bool exit = false;
 while (!exit)
 {
-    Console.WriteLine("Menu");
+    Console.WriteLine();
+    Console.WriteLine();
+    Console.WriteLine();
+    Console.WriteLine("Main menu");
+    Console.WriteLine("---------");
     Console.WriteLine($"1. {nameof(GPUWrappedAccelerator)} used as a standalone component");
     Console.WriteLine($"2. {nameof(GPUAllocator)} singleton scenario");
     Console.WriteLine($"3. {nameof(GPUStreamPool)} usage of non-default GPU streams");
     Console.WriteLine("4. Exit");
-    Console.WriteLine("Press your choice...");
+    Console.WriteLine("Select your choice (press key 1, 2, 3 or 4)...");
     ConsoleKeyInfo keyInfo = Console.ReadKey();
+    Console.WriteLine();
+    Console.WriteLine();
     switch (keyInfo.KeyChar)
     {
         case '1':
@@ -39,7 +45,14 @@
             exit = true;
             break;
         default:
+            Console.WriteLine("Unsupported choice.");
             break;
     }
-    Console.Clear();
+    Console.WriteLine();
+    Console.WriteLine();
+    if (!exit)
+    {
+        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to return to main menu...");
+        Console.ReadKey();
+    }
 }