XL C/C++ Advanced Edition for Linux

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XL C/C++ is a standards-based compiler with advanced optimizing and debugging features for select Linux distributions.

It provides powerful optimization features that let you tune your applications for optimal performance on BladeCenter JS20, BladeCenter JS21, System p, and System i machines.

• Supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5 (RHEL5) for IBM POWER and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 1 (SLES10 SP1) for IBM POWER
• Advanced optimization features let you generate highly-optimized 64-bit application code to run efficiently on a variety of supported processors, or you can tune to a specific processor for ultimate application performance
• Supports the VMX instruction set, including support for the AltiVec programming model and APIs
• Includes a complete implementation of the OpenMP API Version 2.5 that you can use to improve program performance potential on machines featuring multiple processors
• Provides options to support application debugging with standard symbolic debugging tools
• Includes facilities to help you port application code from GNU C/C++

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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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