[Dev] Performance Update: Why is Chandler slow on Mac?

[John Anderson]

Andi Vajda wrote:
>
> Yeah, good luck getting the ./configure scripts to produce working 
> Makefile unless these compilers are option-compatible with gcc...
> Also, since these compilers are not free (free as in libre) and 
> probably not free (free as in beer), this move wouldn't be well 
> received in the open source world, no ?
While I'd be the last person to underestimate the difficulty of 
switching to a different compiler, Intel claims to have versions of 
their compiler that are gcc compatible and Visual Studio compatible. 
They also offer a free version for Linux open source projects:

(http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/219771.htm)

And besides, they cost just under $400 each, which if they made Chandler 
50% faster seems like a worthwhile price to pay. I think it definitely 
deserves some investigation.

John