platforms and emphasize the fact that gcc is the default
compiler on all platforms.
Make it possible to say --compiler=SunStudio instead of
--compiler=forte
Fix a bug that lost an important flag for C++ builds.
for those cases when gcc, cc-5.0, icpc or icc isn't in the path.
Fixed handling of 32 and 64 bits.
Downgraded Solaris builds on Forte to use -xO2 rather than -xO3.
Made it possible to build 64-bits on Mac OS X
Fixed some bugs in setting CC, CXX, ASFLAGS, LDFLAGS
Fixed bugs relating to use of SunStudio/Forte in check-cpu
Reorganized code a bit
Removed the use of --with-fast-mutexes since they aren't really
fast, rather slow.
Added -static-libgcc when using gcc
Added optimising compilation flags on BSD
Added use of curses library on Solaris
Removed the use of MY_ATOMIC_MODE_RWLOCKS which removed use of
atomic instructions
Added support for Forte on Solaris/x86
