Re: [Boost-users] recommended gcc for boost users on opteron (64-Bit)

From: Douglas Gregor (doug.gregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-22 07:18:49

On Apr 22, 2005, at 3:53 AM, Michal Simecek wrote:
> Does somebody know, which gcc is recommended for boost users 
> especially BGL
> users working on opterons, with linux on it, compiling with 
> optimisation
> (-O2) and 64-bit mode.
> I run in some problems with gcc 3.2.2 thus I try to find out which 
> compiler
> is the
> best choice for that system.

We've been using this compiler on our Opteron cluster:

   g++ (GCC) 3.4.2  (Gentoo Linux 3.4.2-r2, ssp-3.4.1-1, pie-8.7.6.5)

It's been fine for monstrous computations using the BGL & Parallel BGL. 
We tend to optimize with -O3 and haven't hit any optimization bugs yet.

        Doug