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Intel Compiler Compared To gcc

Posted by timothy on from the depends-what-you-want dept.

Screaming Lunatic writes "Here are some benchmarks comparing Intel's compiler and gcc on Linux. Gcc holds it own in a lot of cases. But Intel, not surprisingly, excels on their own hardware. With Intel offering a free (as in beer) non-commercial license for their compiler, how many people are using Intel's compiler on a regular basis?"

2 of 101 comments (clear)

  1. Re:slow down timothy by larry+bagina · · Score: 1, Funny
    no he's just copy/pasting from osnews.com

    Slashdot. News if you haven't seen it on some other site already. Or maybe if it's realy old and you forgot about it

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    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  2. An oldie but a goodie! (Intel joke) by pyman · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am Pentium of Borg. Division is futile. You will be approximated.

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    a ^= b; b ^= a; a ^= b;