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XL C/C++ for Linux is a highly advanced optimizing compiler for the selected Linux distributions.

XL C/C++ for Linux, optimized for IBM Power Systems including the POWER7 processors, is an industry standards-based professional programming tool that can be used for developing large, complex, computationally intensive 32- and 64-bit applications in the C and C++ programming languages.
Designed for Power Systems: Designed to leverage hardware advancements in Power Systems, including the latest POWER7 technology.
Application Performance: Industry leaders in optimization technology that maximizes the application performance executing on Power Systems
Improve Developer Productivity: With access to highly-tuned libraries, optimization utilities and development utilities, developers can focus on solving business logic.
Development and Collaboration Tools: Integration with the latest IBM Rational Developer for Power, integrated development environment (IDE) and IBM Rational Team Concert for Power collaboration tools
Application portability: Conforms to C++ International Standards that enables ease of application migration to Power Systems.
What’s New with XL C/C++ for Linux V11.1 including enhancements to leverage the latest POWER7 hardware.
Operating systems supported: Linux
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IBM Enterprise Modernization solutions for Power Systems help you evolve core IT systems towards modern architectures and technologies.
C and C++ compilers, available for many IBM platforms, share a common code base that simplifies porting applications between platforms.
Rational Developer for Power provides a complete C/C++ development environment with integrated edit, compile, and debug capabilities.
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Libraries of tuned mathematical intrinsic functions offer improved performance over the standard mathematical library routines.
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