Rob, When IBM supported the Mac, I also did a comparison and found that xlc and xlf were from 20% to a factor of 2 faster than gcc and g77 (on a G5). More recently, when IBM released free versions of these products for the Cell, I did a comparison and found very little difference for both the ppu and spu versions. Things might have changed a bit since they started charging, but I wouldn't expect big changes. In any case, I can't afford the commercial products, so it is moot.
wn On Mar 6, 2009, at 1:15 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Warren, > If I remember correctly it is something like $800 for XLC/C++ and > $1200 for XLF , but *please* don't quote me on that. It has been > quite some time since I checked prices. > The last time I did a bake off of the xlc vs gcc was 5-6 years ago > on a Apple dual G4 box (bought ~2000, don't remember the exact > version), and xlc stomped all over gcc in math ops. I believe it > has closed the gap since then. > If you need support for some of the Dec extensions to Fortran-77 > your choices may be limited. I only found IBM's compiler and Absoft > that would handle some of the code I was porting. > > -Rob > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Warren Nagourney" <[email protected]> > To: "Discussion List for Yellow Dog Linux User Topics" > <[email protected] > > > Sent: Friday, March 6, 2009 2:58:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] IBM XLC/C++ and XLF for YDL on Cell > > Kai, > > These are time-limited trial products. Do you know what the cost of a > commercial license is? (Probably more than I can afford). > > Thanks. > > Warren Nagourney > > On Mar 6, 2009, at 10:30 AM, Kai Staats wrote: > >> Yellow Dog and Cell Enthusiasts, >> >> We have posted a set of instructions for installing IBM XLC/C++ and >> XLF with >> Yellow Dog Linux on Cell: >> >> http://us.fixstars.com/support/solutions/ydl_6.x/ibm_xl.shtml >> http://us.fixstars.com/support/solutions/ydl_6.x/ibm_xl_fortran.shtml >> >> --FSS Staff >> _______________________________________________ >> yellowdog-general mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general >> HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> >> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> > site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> > site:terrasoftsolutions.com' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
