Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:09:51 -0800 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Clang - what is the story? Message-ID: <20120122200951.GA74735@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <201201221438.q0MEcYov066825@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <4F1C0736.3060802@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <201201221438.q0MEcYov066825@mail.r-bonomi.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
[-- Attachment #1 --]
Quoth Robert Bonomi on Sunday, 22 January 2012:
> Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote:
>
> > I personally had no idea this was going on; my impression was gcc grew
> > out of the original compiler that built unix, and the only choices were
> > borland and gcc. The former for win32 crap and the latter for, well,
> > everything else.
>
> "Once upon a time", there were _many_ alternatives for C compilers.
> Commercial -- i.e. 'you pay for it', or bundled with a pay O/S -- offerings
> included (this is a _partial_ list, ones _I_ have personal knowledge of):
>
> PCC -- (the original one0 medium-lousy code but the code-generator was
> easily adapted to new/diferent hardwre
> Green Hills Softwaware (used by a number of unix hardare manufacturers)
> Sun Microsystems developed their own ("acc")
> Silicon Graphics, Inc
> Hewlett-Packard
> Symantic (Think C -- notable for high-performance on early Apple Mac's,
> significantly better than Apple's own MPW)
> Manx Software ("Aztec C" -- a 'best of breed' for MS-DOS)
> Microsoft
> Intel
> CCS
> Watcom
> Borland
> Zortech
> Greenleaf Software
> Ellis Computing (specializing in 'budget' compilers, circa $30 pricetags)
> "Small C"
> tcc -- the 'tiny C compiler
>
>
> I'm sure others can name ones I've overlooked.
I used a horrible C compiler on CP/M -- I guess I've blocked its name out
of my memory. Anything you found in K&R that sounded cool you had to go
write a test program to see if this compiler actually supported it.
Sometimes it did, but differently.
--
.O. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com
..O | sterling@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com
OOO | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com
[-- Attachment #2 --]
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD)
iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPHG0PAAoJEIpckszW26+RRi8H/iketH5kB/OKVZtVu7qNN1Cj
g5Sx18L8y1XcfnalQdEF6+DRZI2n3YqLxSt4Ch5Q0EDcrON7SIBSQmXHvvQXLs1a
0SfJ/E24rmIvLwWWVs0rTb4fhIUDwzvZQS7OKnMgfH4kzb+whxI9BdgSvt27Bxg2
qnG4SrF/4rm3dPQu2uZsMv0XWr4PnKSgRf76GW4WKYqaMkM4xH2Od+c/yqHHjNaS
la8WBLeyMV0mfXk4ONpPzZuE1O/GEoROvsNuWWAaNkGeWI62AbesO5JqBv7RAG3y
u3QH68N7lTxnEL77agGSkzMDY4EcT4W9YPle9FyAZehZc6hylVmSaUBsjMHwRF8=
=/xvn
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20120122200951.GA74735>