Oracle gooses Studio compilers for Solaris, Linux
23.05.12
The compiler suite includes C and C++ compilers that have features which make them compatible with the GNU GCC open source compiler set; a Fortran compiler that is compatible with the Fortran77, Fortran90, and Fortran95 specs; the DBX debugger (which works on source code as well as in real-time mode on compiled code); and a performance library chock full of various mathematical algorithms.
The analysis suite has a performance analyzer (to show where performance bottlenecks are between code and the operating system), and in addition to supporting Oracle's C, C++, and Fortran, the performance analyzer also supports Java. A code analyzer detects dozens of common coding errors and is, in effect, a spell-checker for apps. A thread analyzer sniffs out threading errors in the code to avoid race and deadlock conditions.
The Solaris Studio IDE runs on Windows, Mac, or Unix clients, but it only creates Solaris, RHEL, or OEL code, which is obviously compiled on the server platforms at which the apps are aimed.
Source: Register