IBM Releases XL compilers for Mac OS X 84
Visigothe writes "IBM released their XL Fortran Compiler and XL C/C++ Compiler for OS X. The compiler is binary compatible with GCC 3.3, and has multiple levels of optimization, creating binaries that are much faster than their GCC-compiled counterparts." No prices are noted, and the planned availability date is January 16.
Supports Objective-C! (Score:5, Insightful)
This means that this could well be usable as a replacement for GCC in developing Cocoa-based apps. It's good to finally have some options. Can't wait to see how well it works!
Current compiler? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Supports G4 and G5, but not G3 (Score:2, Insightful)
It was rumored a while back that Apple might use IBM G3+Altivec chips in PowerBooks, further confusing the issue.
Re:Supports G4 and G5, but not G3 (Score:3, Insightful)
The original "Fat Binaries" on the Mac were for 68k/PPC version, however, the idea of the FAT binary is not limited by CPU architecture.
You could easily produce a "Fat Binary" that runs on G3/G4-G5/Alpha/68K/SPARC. That said, it would be one big binary before you stripped it =)