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Date:      Wed, 23 Jun 1999 13:27:06 -0400
From:      chapin@cs.virginia.edu (Steve Chapin)
To:        "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu>
Cc:        Richard Cownie <tich@ma.ikos.com>, Kedar Rajadnya <kedar@asacomputers.com>, freebsd-smp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SMP, 4GB RAM, 4x CPU 
Message-ID:  <199906231727.NAA11160@ares.cs.Virginia.EDU>
In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 21 Jun 1999 15:26:23 CDT. <199906212026.PAA15925@beowulf.utmb.edu> 

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> So tell us: What's the trick compiler suite on Alpha (both
> fortran and c, preferably)?

I asked our apps person what she's currently using.  Separate from
this, we did some benchmarking using the Digital Unix, er, Compaq
compilers, and they were much better than g77.  We don't yet have them
for production use.

For C/C++, we're using egcs.

>     Mostly apps use the native Fortran compiler on whatever
>     platform, and we hope it will link correctly with gcc-compiled
>     libraries.  So on AIX we use XLF.  I have not really used other
>     platforms other than Linux, but we'd use the vendor Fortran if
>     at all possible.  Under Linux, we use g77 if we can.  However,
>     many apps use extensions and/or Fortran 90 features not
>     supported by g77, so we have to use an alternative.  That's
>     nothing much on Alpha (we are hoping for the Compaq compilers
>     Real Soon Now) or the Portland Group compiler on Intel.

sc
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