Wednesday December 01, 2004 I drive a Porsche, but a Ferrari is in my trunk!
Ok, don't get the wrong impression, I've always loved my Porsche. Even though it's an older '84 Carrera Targa, this is my daily driver.
Well, I was lucky to get one of the new Acer Ferrari 3400 laptops which is certainly not powered by the sweet sound of the normally aspirated 6 cylinder 3.2L engine. This puppy is powered by an Athlon64 3000+ and I can tell you something for certain...it scoots right along while driving down the information super highway, and it doesn't even break a sweat when you compile 64-bit applications!
It's really nice to have a laptop that can run Solaris AMD64, and it sports genuine Ferrari red paint on it's case and even comes with a polishing cloth and a cloth cover!;-)
Fasten your seat belt with this laptop, because Solaris AMD64 really flies down the highway looking to solve tomorrows problems today.
( Dec 01 2004, 03:44:09 AM PST ) Permalink Comments [3]
GCC 3.4.3 with AMD64 support in Solaris
Yes, you read that correctly!
As of build 73 which is being put together as I type, Solaris 10 will now include a compiler. This is very exciting as this compiler does have AMD64 support in it, and will allow users to compile 64-bit applications on Solaris, "out of the box".
Sun will still be shipping the SunOne Studio, which is currently in Early Access for the next version which includes 64-bit also, so those that prefer the Forte/SunOne Studio tools will still be able to get them. Many of you know what a blessing it is to have dbx to debug your applications, since gdb can be pretty painful.
Both compilers will have the added advantage of being able to utilize DTrace (Dynamic Tracing) as DTrace is a part of the stock Solaris 10 system.
And for those that did not get a chance to stop by the Sun booth at the LISA Conference in Atlanta a couple weeks ago, Tom Erickson (a member of Solaris Engineering), wrote a front end in pure Java that adds a Java API and GUI on top of DTrace which allows most any user to start exploring DTrace capabilities in minutes! This front end really wow'd the attendees of the LISA Conference, and many people were able to not only see, but to take their first DTrace baby steps without writing a single line of dscript.
Solaris 10 is really making the life of a developer much nicer.
Oh, and don't miss the "Inside Jack" feature on sun.com for a lighter side look at development!
( Dec 01 2004, 02:58:37 AM PST ) Permalink Comments [2]