Intel C++ compiler as an alternative to Microsoft's?

Question

Is anyone here using the Intel C++ compiler instead of Microsoft\'s Visual c++ compiler?

I would be very interested to hear your experience about integration, performan

Answer 1

I tried using Intel C++ at my previous job. IIRC, it did indeed generate more efficient code at the expense of compilation time. We didn't put it to production use though, for reasons I can't remember.

One important difference compared to MSVC is that the Intel compiler supports C99.