[jcadam]

I have only ever been able to use IntelliJ at home (where I buy my own copy) on my own projects. Everywhere else it's Netbeans (meh) or Eclipse (blech).

I remember I was once told to integrate an ancient DSP library into a new development project (despite more modern alternatives being available that would have met the actual requirements just fine). This library looked like it was originally written on VMS (little hints of VAX-ness here and there), later ported to Solaris, and finally ported to Linux. It was a mix of C, C++, and Fortran, and it required the Intel C and Fortran compilers in order to build (no, gcc/gfort wouldn't work) along with some of the icc runtime libraries in order to actually run.

My employer at the time absolutely refused to purchase the Intel Compiler. But expected me to get the job done. I can't remember exactly what I did to make it work, but I do remember it was a giant kludge. That entire project was an underfunded/understaffed/mismanaged nightmare.