On Wednesday 20 February 2002 18:20, Michael J McGonagle wrote: > Steve Harris wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 09:42:38 -0600, Michael J McGonagle wrote: > > > Steve Harris wrote: > > > > I've been using the intel C compiler for a few months now, but I was > > > > unable to comment on it quantatively before due to licensing > > > > restrictions. > > > > > > Ok, would I be stupid in asking if the Intel compiler's code will run > > > on an AMD processor? Or do they do something to make it specific to the > > > Intel series? > > > > No, from what I've heard the code it produces works very well on AMD > > chips. > > 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?
- The intel compiler can't compile the kernel. (This is on the intel homepage) - Many GNU programs use GNU specific compiler extensions that don't work with the Intel compiler. - Several command line options of the compilers differ - this means several configure/make scripts might not work as supposed or won't work at all. - The C++ ABI is incompatible -> you can't link C++ libraries compiled with the GNU compiler with code compiled with the Intel compiler. This is a pretty hard limitation - for example for KDE stuff This are just some things that came up to my mind quickly... ;) Robert
