Re: [boost] Re: Problems with boost on Cray C++ release 3.6

From: Matthias Troyer (troyer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-18 18:35:10

On Saturday, January 18, 2003, at 10:33 PM, David Abrahams wrote:
>>
>> ii) the fast vector units do not help anything for compiling the code.
>
> Just one question: why the heck don't they make a cross-compiler which
> runs on a machine better-suited to compilation?

They have that, but it costs extra money to get an additional front-end 
machine. We just did not spend that money :(

>
>> iii) the optimizer is very aggressive, checking every piece of code
>> for vectorization and parallelization possibilities, which makes it
>> even slower. I don't think your PC compiler does that.
>
> There's no reason it couldn't, though.

Correct, and the new X1 seems to require a front-end machine from what 
I have heard.

Matthias