Re: [ccp4bb]: PC 3D hardware (was RE: SunBlade 100)

[Kevin Cowtan <cowtan@ysbl.york.ac.uk>]

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Michael Seewald wrote:

> however, with respect to number-crunching, I think you are not completely
> right. You are neglecting the compilers that you find for the different
> machines. The available open source fortran compilers for Linux are horrible
> in terms of optimizing, and you can easily lose 50% performance on the Linux
> box (eg. CNS).

Intel have just released their compiler suite for Linux, including f77,
C and C++. I imagine these will perform rather well on PIII/4, and quite
possibly better than gcc for Athlons.

ALternatively, pay for the Portland compilers, or other commercial
compilers for Linux. Its better than paying for a whole OS.