Which C++ compiler for Parallel Algorithm?

[mah]

Hi,

I'm taking up a project which involves an implementation of parallel algorithm.
Which compiler is the best choice in terms of ease of programming?

Thanks.

Mah.
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[Ian]

ma*@clerk.com wrote:

Hi,

I'm taking up a project which involves an implementation of parallel algorithm.
Which compiler is the best choice in terms of ease of programming?

How can anyone answer if you don't even mention the platform?

Ian

[mah]

Sorry for the mistake. The implementation is meant for Windows
platform.

[Karl Heinz Buchegger]

ma*@clerk.com wrote:

Sorry for the mistake. The implementation is meant for Windows
platform.

Now continue to define:
"ease of programming"
especially in the context of 'compiler'. Theoretically all compilers
for a given language are equal: They translate source code into machine
code given a well defined language grammer.
Some of them do a better job then others, but neither of them is
'easier to use' then any other.

What seems easy to you may seem odd to me. Exactly this
is why there are dozens of editors around out there. Eg. I
have never understood why people liked 'vi'. I hated it,
but I loved the VAX/VMS editor.

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Karl Heinz Buchegger
kb******@gascad.at

[mark.westwood]

Mah

Not very sure what you mean by 'best choice interms of ease of
programming' in choosing a compiler. My own view would be that if you
want ease of programming you should not choose a C++ compiler. (Sorry,
but I'm a Fortran programmer.) But, if you do, what's wrong with the
GNU compilers ? If you could explain that then we might be able to
determine what features you are looking for in a compiler and give you
more precise help.

Regards
Mark Westwood
Parallel Programmer

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