ZDNet UK: Oracle Chooses Intel Compilers

“Oracle’s decision goes against the grain of most Linux
programming today, which uses the open-source GCC compiler. On
Windows, Microsoft’s Visual Studio tools are very popular, though
the software can accept Intel’s compiler as a plug-in…

“Compilers are used to build not just higher-level software such
as databases, but also to build foundational packages such as the
operating system. But for the heart of Linux, called the kernel,
it’s been difficult to compile software using anything other than
GCC.

“Intel has been working to make its own compilers more
compatible with GCC so that it can respond to customers’ desires to
build the Linux kernel with the Intel compilers…”

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