Re: icc status on FreeBSD

2002-03-30 Thread Kip Macy
I wouldn't necessarily get too excited about using icc for compiling operating systems. The company I work for uses gcc for compiling its file server OS. People their have, however, experimented with using icc for builds. When they used feedback profiling from SFS i.e. to determine which branches

Re: icc status on FreeBSD

2002-03-30 Thread Michael Smith
> I respect the gcc effort, but if icc is as good as it is told to be > then it could supersede (at least in intel community) gcc. > What is the general sentiment and the will for cooperation about > porting icc to FreeBSD? I doubt that porting will be necessary; I've watched another developer (

icc status on FreeBSD

2002-03-30 Thread Alp ATICI
I was just looking into the icc port on FreeBSD. It tells on freshports site that it does not produce native executables but objects and linux compatibility base is necessary. Is it possible (with cooperation with intel) to completely port icc to FreeBSD (and make it compatible with libc so that i