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Re:Intel C/C++ compilers complete adoption of LLVM by lucozade on Thursday August 12, 2021 @05:49AM (#28154170)
> Also: if icc is going to go with LLVM as a backend, then what is the point of using icc at all?

They're not upstreaming all their optimisations. I'd be surprised if they upstreamed all their FPGA support as well.

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Re:Intel C/C++ compilers complete adoption of LLVM by zozbot234 on Thursday August 12, 2021 @05:55AM (#28154218)
> They're not upstreaming all their optimisations

That's quite reassuring for users of LLVM on non-Intel hardware, where ICC "optimisations" turn into pessimisations.

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