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“The IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition for Linux is a
standards-based, command-line compiler for Linux running on Power
Architecture processor-based systems. Besides exploiting the
capabilities of the IBM POWER4, POWER5, and PowerPC 970 processors,
it also adds support for the new POWER5+ processor. This article
introduces the new features added in the XL C/C++ V8.0 for Linux
compiler and highlights the various differences between the GNU gcc
and g++ compilers (referred to as GCC) and XL C/C++.“This article refers to IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition V8.0 for
Linux as XL C/C++. The term Linux on POWER refers to the Linux
operating system running on IBM Power Architecture technology-based
systems…”
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