New versions of everyone's favourite compilers have been released this weekend.
ICL (http://developer.intel.com/software/products/compilers/) 7
Download Evaluation Trial (http://developer.intel.com/software/products/global/eval.htm)
slashdot story (http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/02/11/24/001248.shtml?tid=118)
GCC (http://gcc.gnu.org/) 3.2.1
Changes (http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.2/changes.html)
MinGW Win32 Binaries should be available soon (http://mingw.org)
slashdot story (http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/02/11/23/1829218.shtml?tid=156)
Personally, I find this far more interresting: http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_ty...ce_Schuster.pdf (http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/DownloadableAssets/PGI_-_Vince_Schuster.pdf) ...
Will ICL7 make any difference in speed compared to ICL6 for oggenc and other encoders?
Will ICL7 make any difference in speed compared to ICL6 for oggenc and other encoders?
So far, my testing of ICL 7.0 on oggenc suggests no speed improvements at all. I believe that this release is probably more about expanded Intel processor support and integration with VS.NET. However, my testing is only very limited to date.