Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 05:50:24 -0400 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller23@insightbb.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Subject: Re: CLANG vs GCC tests of fortran/f2c program Message-ID: <26.30.12873.06EE2EF4@smtp02.insight.synacor.com>
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Snippet from Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>: > I successfully predicted the fall of linux (in quality point of view) > years ago, then netbsd - after this and my prediction were good. > Now i predict FreeBSD will fall within 2015 time frame. > What i mean fall - that it would be better to use older version as long as > possible because newer are worse. > For now > - FreeBSD 6 was an improvement > - FreeBSD 7 was an improvement, except first releases but that's normal > - FreeBSD 8 was a big improvement in performance and quality. > FreeBSD 9 as for now: > - have similar performance at most > - have some improvement and important functionality like TRIM support. > - have some useful functionality like softdep journalling, but risky. > Still - forcing full check reveals some inconsistencies now and then. > FreeBSD 10 will unlikely be better, but for sure slower unless you will > force gcc build that MAYBE will work. possibly not. My experience with NetBSD suggests you may be right there, but Linux? I'll have to build a new Linux installation and see for myself! I'm still inclined to say FreeBSD 9.0 is an improvement over 8.2; I never got to 8.3. Tom
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