On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 11:20:46 -0600, Michael J McGonagle wrote: > Ok, next stupid question? Has anyone thought of doing a Linux > distribution based around using the Intel compiler? Or is this something > that is forbidden by their license? Are there just too many differences > between GCC and the Intel for this to be an easy thing?
I think that would work fine for userland things, as long as you *only* used the intel compiler, otherwise you will have problems linking c++. icc may be compatible with gcc3, but I don't know for sure. > In recompiling things, what parts of the system are you concentrating > on? Kernel things? Just audio processing? Or is the goal to produce a I am only interested in plugins right now. It's only really float heavy code that gets such a big benefit. I think there is a known bug in the current icc that prevents you from building a kernel with it. - Steve
