From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-19 13:59:44
Phil Endecott escribió:
> My (humble) suggestion would be to start with the compiler builtins,
> rather than by writing assembler. My understanding is that gcc >= 4.1
> on virtually all platforms and the Intel compiler have compatible sets
> of builtins, and the Microsoft compiler has something equivalent. I
> don't know about the other Boost-supported compilers - can anyone fill
> in the gaps? The biggest hole that this would leave is gcc < 4.1;
> what's the policy about ongoing support for older compilers?
In the working version (still in my machine) gcc builtins will be used
for gcc > 4.1, but I need asm implementations for gcc < 4.1 (Intel +
PowerPC).
> Phil.
Regards,
Ion