[Rd] compilers for R on AMD64

[Liaw, Andy]

Brian,

Thanks for the note and apology for the misquote.  I should probably see if
there's anything I can do to help the Alzheimer's program here...

Best,
Andy

> From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk] 
> 
> It's the Portland Group compilers which were recommended to 
> us, and which 
> we have been benchmarking as up to 50% faster than g77.
> 
> http://www.pgroup.com/
> 
> If you (Andy) want to email hutchins at stats.ox.ac.uk she can 
> put you in 
> touch with our local expert.
> 
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Liaw, Andy wrote:
> 
> > A while ago Prof. Ripley had mentioned that g77 on AMD64 
> isn't the greatest,
> > and the Salford Fortran is likely to be better.  My 
> question is, has anyone
> > tried compiling R with Salford compilers (or other 
> commercial compilers)?
> > If so, do they offer performance advantages over GCC?
> 
> -- 
> Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
> Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
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