I agree and I also believe that good benchmark data takes time and care. Which is why some of this data can be hard to come by. i.e. tried XYZ cc on my app and things go faster, I'm done.
The problem is further compounded by multi-core. Unless you benchmark the all CPU sockets you never really know how fast something runs. I wrote about this in a previous LM column. Good Enough Will Have To Do http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7267 -- Doug > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Mark Hahn <h...@mcmaster.ca> wrote: >>> I don't see anything on there to indicate that it is in any way faster >>> than regular gcc. > .... >>> Or any comparisons to the commercial compilers, including Intel's. Â If >>> somebody has a link to it, this sort of info is good to have. >> >> there's a message here: >> http://forums.amd.com/devforum/messageview.cfm?catid=373&threadid=112644&enterthread=y >> (free registration/login probably required) that claims to have gotten >> 20% boost vs gcc 4.3.2 on eni...@home (www.enigmaathome.net I guess.) > > Marvelous.... > As hard as Intel and AMD work on the silicon it is astounding > that compilers are seen as just an "Oh by the way" by some. > > > -- > NiftyOMPI > T o m M i t c h e l l > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- Doug -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
