Static link, intel CRT

[gokhan_ufl]

I am compiling a C code using the intel compiler. I integrated icc with visual studio 2010. I want to generate an optimized executable which will run on a windows machine. It is actually a virtual machine in the cloud. I don't have a chance to install any redistributable library to the target machine. I want to statically link all the required libraries. How can I do this?

[Om_S_Intel]

You need to compile using /ML or /MT compiler option.

It would be better to link using dynamic libraries if you are compiling multithreaded application.

[TimP]

The recommendation about dynamic libraries applies primarily to threading run-time (like libiomp5), when you have multiple stages of linking (as when you make a .dll). In that case, the dynamic library choice avoids mistakes such as linking in multiple copies of threading library.