Building 2.2 with the Intel icc compiler

[Zak Greant]

On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 13:31, Ted Drain wrote:
> Has anyone built Python 2.2 with the new Intel C/C++ compiler icc?  I
> configured Python and then edited the Makefile by hand to use icc and icc
> options.  Python builds but the modules all report errors (and then remove
> themselves).
> 
> This compiler generates code that is roughly 30% faster than gcc.  Check
> out:
> http://www.open-mag.com/754088105111.htm
> 
> Any thoughts?

  Hey Ted, Greetings All,

  AFAIK it generates code 30% faster than GCC for mathematical, heavy
  floating point applications. The performance increase in other cases
  is not as great.

  Also, occasional mystery core-dumps have been reported in applications
  heavily optimized for GCC that have been compiled with ICC.

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