To: lwn@eklektix.com
Subject: [comp.os.linux.announce] COMMERCIAL: DEC compiler survey
From: Elizabeth Coolbaugh <liz@stout.atd.ucar.edu>
Date: 10 Feb 1998 13:12:35 -0700

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From: lindahl@cs.virginia.edu (Greg Lindahl)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: COMMERCIAL: DEC compiler survey
Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Tue,  3 Feb 1998 12:51:45 GMT
Organization: a guest of Shadow Island Games
Message-ID: <pycola.886510306.29594@laulujoutsen.pc.helsinki.fi>

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I'm trying to talk Digital into releasing a version of their
commercial C/C++ and Fortran compilers for the Linux/Intel and
Linux/Alpha platforms. As part of that effort, I am compiling a list
of people who might be interested in buying these compilers. Right
now they produce executables which run 30% to 40% faster than
gcc/g77 (even egcs) on many codes.

I would assume that they would cost around $595 for C/C++ and a
separate $595 for Fortran; that would be per-node, but the resulting
binaries would be runnable on many machines without further
payments. Library support may be on an "as-is" basis.

If you are interested, please email me with the number of compilers
you might buy, including the platform (alpha or intel) and language
(c/c++ or Fortran) that you are interested in. I will tell Digital the
total numbers, and I'll probably be the one to send you email telling
you of the good news if I succeed.

- -- greg




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