Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Jan 2003 00:19:43 +0200 | From | Ville Herva <> | Subject | Re: Intel C++ compiler? |
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On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 05:11:14PM +0000, you [John Bradford] wrote: > > > > Does Intels C++ compiler for Linux works fine for compiling the Linux > > > > kernel? It is not 100% compatible, as far as I know. > > > > > > I doubt it - Linux makes extensive use of GCC compiler extensions. > > > > I doubt your doubting. It works. > > I'm suprised. Sorry once again for the mis-information, (heh, but at > least it was on-topic, which is somewhat amasing for this mailing list > :-) ). Is there a concious effort to make it compile the kernel, or > are they aiming for general GCC compliance?
I guess both. See
http://lists.insecure.org/lists/linux-kernel/2002/Oct/6450.html
Also, Intel has for long aimed to make icc on Linux to be as gcc compliant as possible.
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