Intel C on FreeBSD + a Ruby benchmark

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Intel C on FreeBSD + a Ruby benchmark

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Hello,

I would just like to thank Intel for the efforts on Intel C compiler.

The FreeBSD ports system includes a package for Intel C v8.1, which I evaluated by compiling a Ruby interpreter and compared it to the built-in GCC v3.4.6. It uses linux emulation but spits out FreeBSD binaries.

Running a simple fractal-generating benchmark script, I found the Intel C-generated Ruby binary gave an average 17.5% speed-up on my Core2Duo workstation!

My question is: can Intel please assist the FreeBSD project by donating some resources to make an up-to-date, native port?

Thanks,

- Andrew

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