-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... > Another option we might want to explore is using icc (the Intel C++ compiler). > There is a free version for college/universtiy students that allows you to > compile software with "non-commercial licenses only". I think that applies > to this project. The German Linux Magazin recently had a comparison of gcc > 4.0 against icc 9.0, where the icc was around 10% faster for bzip2. The effect > was smaller or even negative for other software, but at least for _some_ > applications you can get considerable speedups using icc.
Using icc will result in having to install icc runtime libraries, at least for C++. (see libstdc++ and libgcc for g++) What licenses apply to the runtime libraries ? On what architectures are they available ? How well is RPM currently handling building with icc ? (flags, archs, ...) Needs quite some investigation upfront, IMO. cheers - -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _\_v FOSDEM 2006 -- 25+26 February 2006 in Brussels -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDcHb6r3NMWliFcXcRAoMpAKCh0r/N65euGMc7HcledmFPc2vUlgCghhP8 askT3ycQzfB8TCMxNqxaSUc= =sLZh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
