Re: [Lse-tech] Re: gcc 2.95 vs 3.21 performance

Patrick Mansfield
2003-02-04T17:40:45Z

On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 08:27:28AM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> >>> Comparing Intel's compiler vs GCC on Linux would be more interesting.
> >>> Anyone got a copy and some time to burn?
> >>
> >> There are already people who have done this, e.g.
> >>
> >> http://www.coyotegulch.com/reviews/intel_comp/intel_gcc_bench2.html
> >>
> >> compares g++ and Intel's C++ compiler with C++ code.
> >
> > C would be infinitely more interesting ;-)
>
> Speaking of which, has anyone ever compiled the ia32 Linux kernel with the
> Intel compiler? I thought I saw some patches floating around to make it
> compile the ia64 kernel .... that'd be an interesting test case ... might
> give us some ideas about what could be tweaked in GCC (or code rejiggled in
> the kernel).
>
> M.

Martin -

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-- Patrick Mansfield