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To: Elmer who wrote (74520)	10/7/1999 2:02:00 PM
From: Haim Barad	Respond to of 1572942

The Intel C/C++ compiler is a plug-in to the Microsoft Visual Studio environment. I can't give you an exact number of people using the Intel compiler, but I bet it's pretty large. Remember that you only have to use the Intel compiler on the parts of the code that need MMX and SSE optimizations. That's usually a small minority of the code (maybe 5-10% in many cases). That means that majority of the application is developed with MS Visual Studio. I would say a LARGE percentage of software vendors who need this type of optimizations take this approach. Let's just say that I know of lots of game vendors who use it and I'd bet that in other application areas this is also true. Haim

To: Elmer who wrote (74520)	10/7/1999 3:37:00 PM
From: dumbmoney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572942

I think you make a good case and I tend to agree, but you know that many people accuse Intel of just developing a compiler to look good on SPEC benchmarks. They claim nobody really uses it. Can you give us an idea as to just how many companies actually use the Intel optimizing compiler? I recently worked at a dev tools company, and I never ran into anyone using the Intel Reference Compiler. Virtually everyone uses the Microsoft compiler these days, with a few holdouts still using Borland or Watcom.