On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 02:44:06PM -0700, Ryo Furue wrote: > Hi, > > Since Kent West has kindly clarified what I wanted to say, I'm not going to > repeat my main point. Only the following: > > By the way, Intel compiler is really critical to my work. So, I'm sticking > to version 7 of it, which is working. But, one day I will need to switch to > version 8, because Intel won't fix bugs of version 7, let alone enhance its > features. And, I don't expect the GNU Fortran 95 compiler will be even half > as mature as the Intel compiler in a few years. > Do you read the Beowulf lists? You might want to stick to version 7 in any event because people are reporting bugs/slowness with version 8.
The Intel compiler appears to be becoming much more gcc compatible: GCC is also improving and may provide good performance for many cases. You may also want to look at specific high performance Fortran from PGI / Pathscale - who have better Linux support in general. I have found that if you ask commercial vendors nicely and outline a realistic problem to them e.g. I'm buying a 512 node cluster which will run Debian - can you provide drivers for your special interconnect boards? - they are much more willing to help Have fun Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
