Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 08:37:52 02/04/03
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On February 04, 2003 at 11:19:06, David Rasmussen wrote: >When at last the long-awaited 64-bit processors from AMD and Intel are hitting >the market in relevant quantities later this year, how is the compiler >situation? I mean, to take advantage of such new architectures, you have to have >a good compiler. It is certain that the first generation compilers for these >processors won't be as good as those to come. But are there already compilers >available for these processors (I think gcc is ready for both), and in what >condition are they in? Can we expect to just go out and buy a Hammer processer >later this year, go home and compile with our newly updated compiler from Intel, >Microsoft or GNU etc. and then have blazingly fast 64-bit performance or what? >Does anybody have some real experience? The 64 bit compilers for Intel chips are already available. In fact, I have had 64 bit Intel compilers for over a year now. Of course, they are going to improve over time. We don't do much real development in 64 bit architectures other than UNIX right now (however) since there is no market yet.
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