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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!decwrl!nic.hookup.net!news.moneng.mei.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!sylvester.cc.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: vax@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu (Vax) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Pentium aware gcc compiler Date: 28 Jan 1994 11:04:04 -0600 Organization: The University of Texas - Austin Lines: 26 Message-ID: <2ibgi4$m8p@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu> References: <wmbfmk.759067383@rwc.urc.tue.nl> <2ho1n1$o1g@mips.arb-phys.uni-dortmund.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: sylvester.cc.utexas.edu In article <2ho1n1$o1g@mips.arb-phys.uni-dortmund.de>, Wilhelm B. Kloke <wb@arb-phys.uni-dortmund.de> wrote: >Probably not, as Intel makes a secret of pentium-specific data. I wouldn't >even expect a real performance boost. Not entirely true. They allege that pentium-specific compiler techniques will be available with a licensing fee. Please complain LOUDLY if you think the FSF should be given access to this info. Direct complaints to Intel somehow :-) (good luck) >For number crunching there are better machines available, not much more >expensive than a pentium, but probably better hardware designed: For now. The pentium will drop in price eventually. Perhaps the Power-PC (aka RS-601?) will provide hope for reformed Intel-ers. Proprietary designs suck rocks. This kind of protectionism will only hurt Intel. I refuse to use some lame compiler like Turbo C and pay money for it. Think Borland or Intel or Microsoft will write a compiler for a free Unix? Not in this lifetime. As far as I'm concerned, companies like this who refuse to acknowledge us don't deserve to be acknowledged. PS: none of them can write a decent make utility. -- Protect our endangered bandwidth - reply by email. NO BIG SIGS! VaX#n8 vax@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu - Don't blame me if the finger daemon is down