Building Python with Linux/ccc on the Alpha Platform

[jnix at medi.physik.uni-oldenburg.de]

Hi,

I am interested in building Python with Numeric extension using the
Compaq CCC compiler on a Alpha21264 machine under Linux. I have a good
reason for this: ccc binaries usually run three to five times faster
than the corresponding gcc binaries, especially if they are
floating-point intensive - at this point in time, gcc just not
optimizes well on the Alpha.

Anybody did this before?

What do I have to observe?

Johannes