On 10/2/07, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/2/07, Rogelio Serrano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > .. > > This is because the expertise is locked up in oracle. In open source > > projects the knowledge get shared and refined and then applied several > > hundred times over. Thats what happened in gcc and linux. You > > eventually end up with more experts than when you started. > > This is a laugh!!! >
Not funny to me. > You know, GCC for all the eyeballs working on it, SUCKS! > Define sucks. Its the best available to me at the moment. I simply cannot afford icc. as far as im concerned icc sucks. Can i make it generate object code for 3 of 4 architectures at a time? Really? Tell me icc's secret and we will see. This is a case of intel hoarding expertise. People in intel are people just like me. I can learn as fast as they do. > Did you know that on modern and even not-so-modern Intel CPU's code > emitted by GCC is HALF THE SPEED of that emitted by the Intel > compiler? > Intel knows only x86 and intel 64. gcc has to work on a greater number of architectures and the fact that it satisfies the needs of a lot of projects is already a very big acheivement even intel never thought would happen. > And I don't mean Intel Compiler code on Intel CPU. Even on an AMD > Opteron the Intel Compiler emits fantastic code. > > I was wondering why TimesTen (an Oracle product) was twice as fast on > Windows as on Linux. I couldn't believe Linux was that sucky. > > Turns out it's not Linux's fault. It's the shitty optimizer in GCC. > Well like i said if somebody found out icc's secret you will stop laughing. likewise if intel decides to open source icc. -- Lay low and nourish in obscurity _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
