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Re: IA64
On Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 06:17:12PM -0500, Lynn Winebarger <owinebar@free-expression.org> wrote:
> Is gcc ready/able for dealing with these kinds of issues? (sounds like
Define "ready". GCC does not support the framework for the more advanced
(but necessary) optimizationtechniques like predication and speculative
loads. However, I have no doubts that this will change as soon as IA64 is
widely available ;)
As for "ready". GCC will definitely be ready to create (non-optimal) code
for the IA64. I don't know wether any special optimizations are currently
being developed for gcc, but I doubt it.
> the people at intel still aren't sure about how to look for the optimal
> combination of all the different code optimizations their hardware
> enables).
You mean "requires", not "enables" ;->
> Just curious (because it sounds like a hard problem, and like the arch is
> a vast improvement over the IA32 arch).
Well, although I _am_ a follower of the IA64 architecture, I am not sure
wether it will be that competitive, given the current schedule. There are
quite a few competing architectures.
Please note that all this is my personal opinion ;)
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