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Elmer, re: Intel compiler spec scores

Maybe we should start a list of rumors believed to be facts by the AMD crowd.

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#2 Intel's compilers are designed only to produce good SPEC scores

I don't think anyone said "only" to produce good SPEC scores. But certainly Intel must keep up with Sun in this matter, right? Sun's progress on compiling away the complexity of spec code is legendary.