I normally do not mind paying for software that much but because of the tight economic times for myself I am a bit loth to pay for a version of the Intel C++ compiler, which is not exactly cheap, in order to just test out my Boost libraries. Ordinarily I can use gcc in Linux and Windows, clang on Linux, or VC++ on Windows. But I am aware that the more compilers I can test my libraries with, the better off my library will be and in the review of my TTI library one of the points made is that I need to test it and guarantee that it will work on a wider variety of C++ compilers. I am wondering how others have come by their copies of Intel C++ ? Have you bought it, have you gotten it on some sort of academic pricing, have you acquired a license as part of your job, does Intel offer an inexpensive or free version of their compiler for C++ experts like Boost developers who are helping to test their compiler against the most rigorous C++ code as Boost libraries usually are, or what is the situation for others who test their libraries using Intel C++ ? I realize there is a 30-day free trial but after that 30 days one can not use the compiler for a particular OS without having a valid license for it.