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To: Elmer who wrote (63459)	6/26/1999 1:11:00 AM
From: dumbmoney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572613

Not entirely true. Yes they use an Intel compiler, but it is the best compiler on the market and no they don't tweak anything. The SpecInt95 numbers are done with no special compiler options. As far as I know the Intel compiler has 0% market share. I've never heard of anyone using it except on an experimental basis.

To: Elmer who wrote (63459)	6/26/1999 2:07:00 PM
From: RDM	Respond to of 1572613

<Yes they use an Intel compiler, but it is the best compiler on the market and no they don't tweak anything. The SpecInt95 numbers are done with no special compiler options.> This is a compiler that has no users for product development of note. It is a compilert that primarily is used and optimized for benchmarking well with a dozen benchmarks. Other compilers do not score quite as high on some benchmarks although the qualitative results for all but obsessive hairspliters are very similar. How is this different from tweaking or special compiler options? It takes a special type of thinking to see any difference.