I am searching the Releases of IBM's C/C++ and Fortran compilers for the Mac OS X:
• "IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition 6.0 for Mac OS X"
• "IBM XL Fortran Advanced Edition 8.1 for Mac OS X"
They were released by IBM in October 2004 with the then new PowerMac G5 in mind, but working also on the G4. Because of IBM's knowledge of its own PPC processors, the compiled code for the G4 and G5 is much faster than the same code compiled with the standard gcc compiler, as supplied by Apple, while being source- and binary-compatible to it (same situation as for the x86 processor series with Intel compiler vs. Microsoft compiler).
The compilers had to be ordered at IBM, I think.
After Apple's switch from PPC-based to x86-based Macs in 2006, the IBM compilers were not longer available (there are now Intel compilers for C/C++ and Fortran available for Mac OS X instead). They were discontinued and are to be considered abandonware (latest versions of the compilers are for AIX, Linux and mainframes only (XLC: 12.1, XLFortran: V14.1)).
So my question is:
Did somebody use these compilers and can supply me a copy, or better upload it to this site ?
It would be very useful by enabling PPC developers to make some software faster just by its better compiling technology.
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IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition 6.0 for Mac OS X":
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"IBM XL Fortran Advanced Edition 8.1 for Mac OS X":
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