ICC is generally pretty compatible with all the gcc compiled libraries. It also CAN be faster, but isn't really all that much faster than the newer versions of gcc. I prefer gcc because it is closer to conforming to the C++ standard...
Brian On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Zack Gilburd wrote: > On Tuesday 24 June 2003 14:40, Martin LORANG wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Am I right if I say there are only 4 packages that support ICC ? > > I may be totally misunderstanding ICC<, but all C compilers should be able to > compile the same stuff. A software developer shouldn't need to (in the real > world, sometimes they have to) accomodate their code to a certain compiler. > Any package is theoretically compilable with ICC, AFAIK. > > > What is exactely the benefit of ICC ? > > It's faster than GCC on an Intel chip (faster is an understatement) and it > producers nicer code when compiled with an Intel chip. > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
