http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_C%2B%2B_Compiler#Criticism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_C%2B%2B_Compiler#Criticis... It's a reference to that incident

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_C%2B%2B_Compiler#Criticism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_C%2B%2B_Compiler#Criticis... It's a reference to that incident where intel's C compiler was checking the vendor strings to turn on certain optimized pathways.