Howdy, Today, Sun is announcing the free availability of Sun Studio 12, the latest release of our set of optimizing C, C++, and Fortran compilers and tools, for the Solaris and Linux platforms:
http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/ NOTE: As part of the quality process, Sun Studio 12 was tested in building ON. There are a few noncritical followup items to be addressed as well as a qualification process to move the official build environment for OpenSolaris to this new version. Stay tuned- but for now, continue to use Sun Studio 11 for OpenSolaris as part of your OpenSolaris project development: http://opensolaris.org/os/community/tools/sun_studio_tools/ However, for non-project development, Sun Studio 12 can be used today. Here are a few key enhancements: * Brand new IDE: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=528771115&size=o * Compilers for Linux (first ever!) * New multithreading/multicore tools, including the new Thread Analyzer * Outstanding Performance- performance boosts on SPARC and x86/x64 platforms * Improved GCC compatibility to ease adoption What is Sun Studio? Previously known as the SunOS compilers, SPARCworks, Sun Workshop, Forte Developer, and Sun ONE Studio, Sun Studio 12 includes the following key components: * Parallelizing C, C++, and Fortran compilers * Next-generation IDE based on NetBeans 5.5.1 * Code-level debugger * Memory debugger * Performance profiler * OpenMP v2.5 API support * Optimized libraries, including Sun Performance Library * Multithreading tools In addition, Sun offers a range (from incident to contract) of support options and training: http://developers.sun.com/services Thanks! /kso -- Kuldip Oberoi Product Line Mgr, Sun Studio (Web) http://developer.sun.com/sunstudio (Blog) http://blog.sun.com/koberoi
