Exciting news from the LinuxDNA project, which earlier this month successfully compiled a recent Linux kernel with the Intel C/C++ compiler (ICC). This is not just a compile without errors, this is — ...

Performance gains of up to approximately 30% over gcc 3.2. Optional Fortran compiler vs. g77, which translates into C and compiles with GCC. GCC compatibility mode. 64-bit support (Intel Itanium only) ...

AMD graphics cards are getting some Linux love from what might seem like an unlikely source: Valve. Source. Valve. C'mon… Whatever. A team of software engineers in Valve has been working on a new ...

Linux gaming may not be as popular as gaming in Windows, but it is a growing segment. It is also improving, both in terms of support and performance. As it pertains to the latter, Jason Ekstrand, a ...

The PathScale Compiler Suite includes C, C++, and Fortran 9X compilers for the 32- and 64-bit AMD64 architecture. Developed by PathScale Inc., the suite is compatible with the GNU gcc/g++ toolchain.

Maintainers and developers are now using AI to help build Linux. Simultaneously, Rust has graduated to being a co-equal language with C for mainstream Linux development. However, the programming world ...