XL C/C++

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Overview

XL C/C++ is a standards-based, high performance C and C++ compiler with advanced optimizing and debugging features.

It gives you the ability to optimize and tune compiled applications for superior execution on a variety of systems based on IBM processors.

Available in editions for use on IBM BladeCenter® JS20 and JS21, Blue Gene®, System p™ and System i™ systems running AIX® and select Linux® distributions, and IBM mainframes using IBM z/OS and z/OS.e operating systems
Features powerful code optimization options that manipulate generated compiler output for optimal performance
Supports the VMX instruction set, including support for the AltiVec programming model and APIs
Supports the OpenMP API Version 2.5 specification, and related compiler options let you exploit symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) architectures with automatic parallelization of C and C++ program code as well as explicit parallelization of specifically selected sections of program code
Provides options to support application debugging with standard symbolic debugging tools
Also includes facilities to help you port application code from GNU C/C++
XL C/C++ for Multicore Acceleration for Linux is the newest addition to the XL compiler family. This version is a cross-compiler.

Product framework

Product line overview

C and C++ Compilers		C and C++ compilers, available for many IBM platforms, share a common code base that simplifies porting applications between platforms

Included components

Mathematical Acceleration Subsystem		Libraries of tuned mathematical intrinsic functions offer improved performance over the standard mathematical library routines

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Products

XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition for AIX		For IBM systems running IBM AIX 5L Version 5.2, IBM AIX 5L Version 5.3, or i5/OS Portable Application Solutions Environment (PASE)


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