The folks at Linux Journal used a time machine to post an article from the future about Intel’s compiler for Linux, and specifically about the optimizations they used to beat gcc on benchmarks. The increasing acceptance of Linux among developers and researchers has yet to be matched by a similar increase in the number of available development tools. The recently released Intel C++ and Fortran compilers for Linux aim to bridge this gap by providing application developers with highly optimizable compilers for the Intel IA-32 and Itanium processor families.
The increasing acceptance of Linux among developers and researchers has yet to be matched by a similar increase in the number of available development tools.
Well, speaking from the standpoint of a developer and the employee of a research institution which uses Linux for atmospheric modelling, I’d have to say this isn’t the case.
For modelling purposes here, the Portland Group’s Fortran 90 and C compilers are used (see http://www.pgroup.com for more information) These have certainly been around for awhile.
It’s nice to see this sort of in-depth analysis of the Intel compiler, but thanks to all the rampant Linux zealotry these sorts of development tools have been around for quite awhile.
Posted on Saturday, February 01, 2003
Yes, because LinuxJournal is a printed magazine and this was probably an article from the Feb issue.
Two comments:
Perspective matters; while there may not be a large number of C and C++ compilers to compete with gcc and Intel, There have been professional Fortran 95 compilers from several vendors. This perhaps reflects the strength of Linux in parallel programming, where Fortran is popular.
The article in question was written by Intel engineers, and is somewhat sparse on details. I’m in the midst of generating code using a variety of options, for GNU, Intel, and other compilers, with an eye on exactly what these compilers emit.
When I finish the analysis (probably in a few days) I’ll post a detailed article on my web site.
but i expected better article from the intel compiler gurus
nothing but what’s in the docs
anyway better use gcc for the rest
icc works only on intel and amd (x86 and ia64)
don’t know how buggy it is but hope those compaq guys to solve
them
When is a PASCAL IDE available?