Compiler versions for Maya 2016 Extension 2

This is an update on previous posts for older versions which can be found here: Maya 2016, Maya 2015, Maya 2014, Maya 2008 to 2013.
Basically, the build environment of Maya 2016 extension 2 is very similar as Maya 2016 with just a few updates, I listed them as follow and marked the updated and new added items in red with links to help you find it quickly.

Maya 2016 Extension 2

Windows 64bit Win7x64

• Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 + Win 8 SDK
• .Net framework 4.5.1
• Intel Composer XE 2015 Initial release (15.0.0.108)

Linux 64bit RHEL/CentOS 6.5, FC20

• gcc 4.8.2
• Intel Composer XE 2015 Update 1 (15.0.1.133)

Mac 64bit Mavericks 10.9.5

• Xcode 6.1 or 6.1.1 with SDK 10.9 (Mavericks)
• clang with libc++
• Intel Composer XE 2015 Update 1 (15.0.1.108)

Extensions (all platforms)

• Embedded Python 2.7.6 - Internal to Maya
• Embedded PySide 1.2
• Qt 4.8.6 modified
• Boost 1.52 with its own namespace awBoost for Maya,
  Alembic and GpuCache use Boost 1.55.
• TBB 4.4 update 2
• DirectX SDK June 2010 (DX11)
• OpenEXR 2.2
• Open SubDiv 3.0.3

Comments

[Ivan Kolev]

Hi, thanks for the important information (and your blog in general, it is very helpful).
There's one more difference that we found, the C++ standard library has changed on the Mac. Compiling with GNU's libstdc++ results in linking errors. Compiling with clang's libc++ has no problems.

[Zhong Wu]

Hi Ivan, as listed, on Mac, the XCode 6.1(clang with libstdc++) is always the recommended one.