<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/12/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bob Sanders</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:rmsand@concentric.net">rmsand@concentric.net</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Intel's compiler fairly cheap - approx. $600.&nbsp;&nbsp;Free for
non-commerical<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;home use.</blockquote><div><br>
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This is the first time I heard of intel compilers and I am using dual
3.2 GHz irwindales with 1 mb cache each and 2 GB of ram. Is there any
advantage to using these compilers over GCC? What performance gain can
I expect?<br>
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And more on topic: the dual 3.2 GHz irwindales run like a charm. I
think that installing my entire system from stage 1 to full gnome took
approximately 5 hours in compile time. <br></div>