> And what's the point of competing in the compiler space? To an extent, processor vendors sell CPU's based on how they perform on SPEC{int,fpu}. So what matte

> And what's the point of competing in the compiler space? To an extent, processor vendors sell CPU's based on how they perform on SPEC{int,fpu}. So what matters is not how fast your HW is, but rather on how fast the combination of HW + compiler is.