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

[Richard B. Kreckel]

Hi,

On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Duraid Madina wrote:
> On x86, just use the compiler that doesn't ICE on your code. ;-)

Err, could you please elaborate on this cryptic remark?

> What people shouldn't forget is that Intel C++ is insanely better than
> GCC on IA-64 - we're talking "factor of two" here. Whether or not future
> IA-64 chips become popular probably doesn't have a whole lot to do with
> GCC's performance on that platform, but as it stands, you're pretty
> crazy to use GCC for serious production work on IA-64 hardware.

Duraid, in all fairness: IIRC it was you who made us try our symbolic
computation code in C++ on some commercial compilers (Intel's was one of
them).  You sure remember this was a complete fiasco.  Maybe our code is
just strange, because GCC generates the best code on it.  ;-)

Regards
    -richy.
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