Re: [squid-users] Which Compiler for Squid on Linux x86?

Yes, I'm aware of that. However, I think "commercial purposes" is more
than using it to build software that is to be sold. I'm under the
impression that using it to build and deploy a corporate proxy server
would be considered a commercial purpose.

I built Squid 2.4.STABLE7 on Slackware 8.1 with kernel 2.4.19. The
system was a PentiumPro 200Mhz with with 160MB RAM and a SCSI II drive
with Adaptec 2940 controller. For GCC 2.95.3 squid configured without
any optimizations. For icc (Intel Compiler for Linux 6.0) I manually
added the optimization for inlining and specific optimizations for the
PentiumPro (-O3 -axi -xi -tpp6 -ip). For the same content I saw my cache
hits go from averaging around 12 to 14 msec with gcc to around 2 to 4
msec with icc. Pages came up noticably faster with the icc version.
Obviously this is a very brief and unscientific test, but it certainly
got my attention. One other thing to note is that the code built with
icc was quite a bit larger than the code built with gcc.

Steve Snyder wrote:
>
> You know that Intel's compiler for Linux is free for non-commercial use,
> right? Unless you're planning on selling the Squid binaries generated by
> the compiler, licensing costs shouldn't be an issue.
>
> This Squid user would be interested in hearing more of your experiences in
> using Intel's compiler with Squid.
>
> Thanks.

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Jim Richey
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Highmark, Inc.
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