Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 04:19:19 05/12/02
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On May 12, 2002 at 06:04:47, Bo Persson wrote: >On May 11, 2002 at 09:44:18, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On May 10, 2002 at 23:20:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On May 09, 2002 at 22:18:18, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>> >>>>On May 09, 2002 at 10:21:28, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>>On May 08, 2002 at 23:54:50, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Sometimes i hate company politics. A superb compiler intel c++ >>>>>>they weakened it for K7. Where 5.0.1 compiler was pretty fast >>>>>>for the superb K7 processors, the 6.0 compiler is deliberatly >>>>>>doing bad for K7. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I doubt it is "deliberate". Why would Intel worry about optimizing for >>>>>the K7 when they don't build them? >>>>> >>>>>Wouldn't make any sense at all, IMHO... >>>> >>>>because 5.0.1 is faster on k7 than 6.01 >>>> >>> >>> >>>So what? I have occasionally done things to Crafty to make it faster on >>>a pentium, which also makes it slower on _other_ architectures. But since >>>I do 99% of my testing on Intel, this is the way things work out. I could >>>see lots of places where optimizing for intel would break AMD processor >>>pipes at times... The inverse is also true, but since AMD is not writing >>>a compiler for their chip, they don't have something to make them look >>>their best... >>> >>>Which will always hurt them on SPEC of course... >>> >> >>AMD must be busy with their own compiler, otherwise the whole >>Hammer chip is a major joke; only alternative could be visual m$ works >>on a compiler for it. >> > >I will give you a clue: > >MS has already promised to deliver Windows for the Hammer. Guess what compiler >they will be using! > >Bo Perswson >bop2@telia.com That's very good news because m$ has a very experienced compiler team
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