[OT] GCC vs Intel C++ compiler benchmark - don't forget ia64

[Daniel Berlin]

On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Scott Robert Ladd wrote:

> > this translates to time, effort and availability, all
> > three which intel has a lot of.
> 
> Then perhaps it is in gcc's interest to focus on processors
> other than Intel's. Has anyone approached AMD about assistance
> im making sure that gcc produces the best possible code on
> Athlon/Duron processors?

They do, AFAIK.
They contract with SuSE to do this type of thing (optimize gcc for the 
Athlon).
Andreas, Jan, am I wrong?
--Dan