[NTLUG:Discuss] Intel C compiler

[Kelledin]

On Tuesday 11 February 2003 04:50 am, severian at pobox.com wrote:
> Howdy,
>   At lunch after the last meeting, I asked if anyone had tried
> the Intel C compiler. Nobody said yes, and a couple of people
> said they had not tried it because of the cost. I thought it
> was free for non-commercial use and said I would look up the
> details.  I may be a little slow, but here they are.  Go to:
>
>    
> http://www.intel.com/software/products/compilers/clin/noncom.h
>tm
>
>   You will see a download that says:
>     "This free Non-Commercial Unsupported download contains
>       Intel's C++ Compiler 7.0 For Linux"
>
>    I have not tried it yet because it is a 68 meg download,
> which is to much for my 33.6 dialup(56k modem, but I almost
> always get 33.6 or less) But, it is on my list to get the next
> time I download stuff at a friend's house where he has
> broadband.
> Good luck,

I tried it a while back when it was version 5.0..

It's a nice compiler.  Back when I tried it, it pretty much beat 
gcc 2.95.x hands-down in terms of producing faster code.  
Lately, though, gcc's narrowed the gap quite a bit as of 3.2.x.

One thing that's always been true about icc (and still is) is 
that it produces far better Pentium4-optimized code than gcc.  
This is kind of important for Pentium4 owners, because without 
optimized code, the Pentium4 tends to...well...suck.

-- 
Kelledin
"If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does 
it still cost four figures to fix?"