icc is available in gentoo portage, so you can pull it down if you like...
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* dev-lang/icc
Latest version available: 7.1.006
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of downloaded files: 61,920 kB
Homepage: http://www.intel.com/software/products/compilers/clin/
Description: Intel C++ Compiler - Intel's Pentium optimized compiler for L
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Why default to using icc though for portage builds rather than gcc ?
GCC is a commited opensource compiler, switching over 100% to icc , regardless of better optimizations, would be insane... You are bound to eventually run into licensing issues with Intel as icc isnt GPL.. icc is free for personal/noncommerical use, but relying on it would be dangerous should intel decide to yank the way they handle it or discontinue evaluation versions... Then you have a distro that requires a purchased compiler.
Heres the price should should you decide you want to purchase ICC
http://www.intel.com/software/produc.../pricelist.htm
You can put icc in your USE flags and it will try to use icc for any package that supports it....
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