On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 08:41:15 -0800 (PST) Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My take on the whole affair is that Intel is making sure it's new P4 > > is properly supported... in that its' new optimizaions are being > > exploited by this compiler. That said... I'll find out shortly if its' > > worth the salt. The curious thing is... they want $500.00 for the > > fully supported product... > > I don't know that this is their reasoning. Intel worked very closely > with various OSS groups to make sure that their I64 had good support in > Linux. I think Intel is just looking to make a buck. You're probably right Lonni. But not my buck. > Keep in mind that even if the Intel compiler is faster, better etc than > gcc, this isn't all that much of a coup. I'll never know. While I'm not the sharpest tool in the shead, I'm not the dullest either... The intel compiler is not a direct drop in for gcc. It's going to take a bit of editing to get a really large makefile to actually compile something useful... Right about now, I'd love to do a kernel with the intel compiler... but I haven't the time or drive to learn another compiler and it's switches. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
