Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?

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From: Jonathan Thornburg
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 13:38

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In article <ah30bl$psn29$2@ID-125932.news.dfncis.de>,
Christopher Browne  <cbbrowne@acm.org> wrote:
>Linux can be compiled with Intel's C++ compiler which is NOT GCC.
>
><http://www.intel.com/software/products/compilers/c60l/techtopics/LinuxCompilersCompatibility60.pdf>
>
>"The 6.0 release of the Intel C++ compiler has improved support for
>the GNU C extensions and is now able to build the Linux kernel with
>minor work arounds for both the IA-32 and Itanium architectures."

However, attempting to install the intel compilers on a non-Linux system
quickly reveals that they (the intel compilers) explicitly require both
glibc and various gcc header files.

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-- Jonathan Thornburg <jthorn@aei.mpg.de>
   Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut),
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From: jthorn@galileo.thp.univie.ac.at (Jonathan Thornburg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
Date: 18 Jul 2002 15:38:32 +0200
Organization: Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik
              (Albert-Einstein-Institut), Golm, Germany
Sender: Jonathan Thornburg <jthorn@thp.univie.ac.at>
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Summary: intel C/C++ compilers require glibc
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