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From: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
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Subject: Re: Intel C++ compiler?
To: jgarzik@pobox.com (Jeff Garzik)
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 17:11:14 +0000 (GMT)
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In-Reply-To: <20030120165417.GB27972@gtf.org> from "Jeff Garzik" at Jan 20, 2003 11:54:17 AM
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> > > 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?

John.
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