Kurt Wall 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.
>>
> 
> Likely so. Various folks from Intel also participate in GCC development.
> Intel has a vested interest in making sure that code will run on the
> IA64 platform.
> 

Any word on how well the compiler works with AMD Athlon/Duron chips?

Tim


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