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Subject: Re: Removal of ICC (intel compiler) bits from mk
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On 18 Aug 2010, at 18:18, Garrett Cooper wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I've been chatting with the ICC ex-users and they seem to be ok with =
the removal of the ICC bits from share/mk and other places.
>> The reason is that it doesn't work and no one has volunteered to fix =
it for many years. This seems to indicate that the interest in ICC is =
low.
>> If there's anyone against this, speak now or forever be silent. :-)
>=20
>    Later versions of icc are more gcc compliant aren't they? If so,
> wouldn't this also be a non-issue to remove the bits, or are there
> still some incompatibilities between gcc and icc that are worth
> noting?

I really don't know how compatible is the latest icc because no one ever =
updated the ports version. This is actually a hint that no one really =
uses this anymore.

Regards,
--
Rui Paulo