From bug-request at octave dot org Thu Jan 12 12:06:36 2006 Subject: Re: Compiling octave with Intel C++/Fortran compilers on Linux From: Ismail Donmez To: bug at octave dot org Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:03:27 +0200 Perşembe 12 Ocak 2006 19:51 tarihinde, John W. Eaton şunları yazmıştı: > On 12-Jan-2006, "Tetsuji \"Maverick\" Rai" wrote: > | So I personally like Intel compiler (and it's free for Linux). > > Although it may be available free of charge, I'm pretty sure the Intel > compiler is not free software. > > Please consider helping to improve free (i.e., libre, freely > redistributable) software rather than by promoting non-free software > (particularly on this list). For example, you could use the > information you have about the problems with GCC as a starting point > for submitting patches that improve GCC's performance. If you can't > submit patches, you could at least file bug rports about the problems. > That way, you benefit all users of GCC, possibly on multiple > platforms, not just those who use Intel hardware. It would worth a try to use gcc-4.1 (SVN branch) if you would like to benchmark against icc9. Regards, ismail ------------------------------------------------------------- Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html -------------------------------------------------------------