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Date:      Wed, 27 Mar 2002 10:09:34 -0500
From:      "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
Cc:        green@FreeBSD.ORG, sw@anthologeek.net, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/lang Makefile ports/lang/icc Makefile distinfo pkg-comment pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/lang/icc/files patch-include 
Message-ID:  <200203271509.g2RF9Z096879@green.bikeshed.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 27 Mar 2002 15:02:38 %2B0100." <200203271402.g2RE2ch3017230@Magelan.Leidinger.net> 

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Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> wrote:
> >> > I got Ruby compiled with icc some weeks back and I seem to recall =
around a =

> >> > 20% speed improvement, as well.  An interpreter is a good benchmar=
k for a =

> >> > compiler's ability to generate both fast and correct code :)
> >> =

> >> Awesome. Now... what about "cd .../ruby; make -DUSE_ICC"? ;-)
> > =

> > I didn't test it with FreeBSD headers building FreeBSD executables, s=
o I'll =

> > have to try that and make sure binary compatibility exists, too :)
> =

> It was a joke. Ruby uses autoconf, so it's a nightmare to do a port
> which builds it with icc.

When I tried it, it really wasn't that hard.  The harder part is making =

extconf.rb generate the right makefiles to use for icc compilation of lat=
er =

modules.

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