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To: Joe NYC who wrote (104427)	6/14/2000 12:20:00 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: "I applaud your valiant effort, but you are making a fool of yourself. Let me repeat: Intel compiler is a joke. It is an application to generate code for the spec benchmark. Nobody in his right mind would use it for serious software development" Jozef, anybody can come on here and post an opinion and you are welcome to post yours, however don't make the mistake of thinking people here accept opinion as fact without some data to back them up. You have been very long on opinion but very short on fact. Re: "How about ordering it directly from Intel: 207.173.77.20. The site is dead. I guess nobody noticed, because I am probably the first person who tried to actually order it." Only a tiny effort on your part would have found where you can get a free evaluation copy and all the support you could ask for. Of course that is assuming your were looking for real answers rather than just something to complain about. support.intel.com You guys can make up stories until you are blue in the face but that won't make them true. EP

To: Joe NYC who wrote (104427)	6/14/2000 6:10:00 AM
From: Haim Barad	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

I'll try one last time: I would admit that few developers use Intel's compiler to build 100% of the application (i.e. exclusively). However, I will stand behind the statement that I made before that A LOT of software uses the Intel compiler for key performance parts (i.e. you might have your performance critical functions in a single or couple of source files that are compiled with the Intel compiler and then linked under MS VC with the rest of the sources - A VERY COMMON practice). I won't go on with this anymore. I can't provide proof to you (other than what I already mentioned) since much of this information (i.e. what companies use what development environment, etc) is confidential. I'll stop here. Cheers, Haim