Re: SX164 installation

[Bob McElrath <mcelrath@isp.nwu.edu>]

On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Ettore Aldrovandi wrote:

> o compiled a few small test C and C++ programs, and egcs
>   seems to be OK. A project of mine is to port the CERNLIB
>   to this machine. I'm not a Fortran programmer, but my wife
>   does some number crunching, and I'm sure it will be
>   interesting to see how this little beast does.

I've read in various places that the libm on linux/alpha sucks pretty hard,
so that fortran benchmarks on DEC Unix vs. Linux always give the DEC Unix a
factor of 2 favor or so.  g77 should allow you to compile it
straightforwardly though.  The Wisconsin group uses alphas and DEC Unix for
our CERNLIB programs (Aleph), and they run quite nicely.  :) 

-- Bob

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