On Aug 29, 2006, at 2:46 AM, Dan White wrote:
you might already know the newest version of the intel compilers is version 30... so you might want to try that...
Thanks for the tip, Dan! But Intel screwed up my licensing on the 9.1.030 release, so I can't use it, I've been trying to get a license from them for five days.
Warning to all Mac users considering the Intel compilers: they generate great code, produce great warning messages, can help you clean up your projects. And the licensing is a real stumbling block.
I don't think the re-distributables are an issue, frankly, from my reading of the user license. It's the logistics of procuring the product and maintaining the license files where our group is having trouble. With the update to 9.1.30, the compiler suddenly demanded a new FLEXlm license, contradicting the terms of our purchase, but try explaining that to a computer program...
Okay. Rant over. For all that, Intel tech support has been very responsive. I honestly believe that the Intel compiler team is excited about the Macintosh platform...
Another caveat is that the Intel compiler is 32-bit only at the moment. The GCC compiler seems to produce 64-bit code on my Mac Pro with the "-m64" switch, but I have to investigate this further.
I'll try building with the 9.1.03x compiler as soon as I resolve the licensing issue.
Can anyone out there in Pythonmac-SIG-land reproduce my recipe for Intel-compiler-built Python?
I'm interested in results. Note that it isn't a fat binary, it's Intel-only...
I'd like some suggestions for running pystone on this build. Thanks all! - boyd
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