[Distutils] intelcompiler class in distutils

[Donald Stufft]

On October 2, 2015 at 9:42:22 AM, Hogan, Christopher (christopher.hogan at intel.com) wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> We noticed there are classes in distutils for specific compilers like Borland, Cygwin,  
> MSVC, etc., and are interested in creating a class for the Intel compiler. Is this something  
> that the python developers/community would like to see, or would such a patch have a low  
> chance for acceptance?
>  


Is the Intel Compiler Free? (or OSS, but Free is the main thing). I think as long as there is a way for people to get a copy of the compiler to run tests and stuff against without spending $$$ there is very little reason not to add another compiler class.

If it costs money always, then IDK what the policy for that is, I personally still wouldn’t have a problem as long as there was a commitment from intel to support it, but it’s not my decision either.

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