The marketing note I received says:
What is Sun Studio? Previously known as the SunOS compilers,
SPARCworks, Sun Workshop, Forte Developer, and Sun ONE Studio,
Sun Studio 12 includes the following key components:
* Parallelizing C, C++, and Fortran compilers
* Next-generation IDE based on NetBeans 5.5.1
* Code-level debugger
* Memory debugger
* Performance profiler
* OpenMP support
* Optimized libraries, including Sun Performance Library
* Multithreading tools
It also lists the following enhancements:
* Brand new IDE
* Compilers for Linux (first ever!)
[ the first production versions of C, C++ and f95 for Linux from
Sun, anyway ]
* New multithreading/multicore tools, including the new Thread
Analyzer
* Outstanding Performance- up to 25% increase over Sun Studio 11
(& up to 80% over GCC 4.1)
* Improved GCC compatibility to ease adoption
Bob Corbett
I am not sure what you are asking. If you are asking if
the C compiler supplied with Sun Studio 12 conforms to
the C99 standard, the answer is yes, up to bugs. If you
are asking if the Sun Studio 12 Fortran compiler implements
BIND(C) and allows linking with code generated by the GNU
C compiler, the answer is again yes, up to bugs.
Bob Corbett
I don't really use this IDE even though I have had access to
SPARCworks, workshop, etc, for years. Only when I run into a stubborn
bug do I fall back to it but only as a debugger...and I tell you, back
when it was not Netbeans-based I seem to recall that it used to start
right away, now that it is Netbeans-based it takes such a long time!
gsal
Can I take up the install with you personally?
--
Wade Ward
> I would like to download this software, but I had trouble with it last time.
> I wouldn't care so much about getting the download %100 correct except that
> I've got a brand new OS (XP), and don't want to be ripping software suites
> in and out. I already have an identity with Sun.
>
> Can I take up the install with you personally?
> --
> Wade Ward
Sun Studio 12 supports Solaris and some flavors of Linux.
It has not been ported to Windows.
Bob Corbett
I actually saw Tarkovsky's "Solaris" in my Russian film class, which was by
far my favorite class of that semester.
--
Wade Ward
I'm not sure what you are asking. Sun's Solaris Developer Express
DVD contains both Solaris Nevada and Sun Studio, but not the
production versions of them.
Bob Corbett