> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:09:39 -0700
> Subject: XL C/C++/Fortran: buy from IBM or Aboft?
> From: Matt Harrington <email@hidden>
> To: email@hidden
>
> I'm about to buy the IBM XL C/C++/Fortran compilers, with a nice
> academic discount, and I'm unsure of the differences between getting
> them from Absoft or straight from IBM. Absoft appears to throw in a
> debugger, and they also seem to license the compiler per machine as
> opposed to IBM's practice of licensing per user. If I went with IBM,
> what debugger could I use? Are there other concerns I should know
> about?
When we originally tried to buy the IBM compiler, it was darn near
impossible to figure out how to do it based on IBM's website. I don't know
if it's gotten any less confusing. Around the same time, Absoft started
selling XLF and it was a no-brainer to buy it from them, especially since
our procurement system has bought from Absoft before. Around here, half the
battle is just getting the paperwork figured out.
Craig
--
Dr. Craig Hunter
NASA Langley Research Center
AAAC/Configuration Aerodynamics Branch
email@hidden (new!!)
(757) 864-3020
(Dual G4 - OS X)
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