Let's use gcc-4.2, not 4.1 -- OpenMP

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Friday 15 December 2006 05:50, Scott Long wrote:
> Yes, the industry moves fast, but that's no reason to fool ourselves
> into thinking that the FSF will support GCC 4.2 a day after they release
> 4.3 and start working on 4.4.  Your point above about the lifespan of
> FreeBSD 7.x is a valid one, and I agree that it should be a
> consideration.  Vendor support is a myth and should not be a
> consideration.

Not to mention it is *trivial* to install a compiler using ports or packages.

If you are serious about high performance computing installing a new compiler 
is about the lowest barrier you'll find.

(Unless of course you need all the libraries compiled with OpenMP support 
before your binary can use it)

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