Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:27:40 +0000 From: krad <kraduk@googlemail.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, alex <alex@mailinglist.ahhyes.net> Subject: Re: FreeBSD's UFS vs Ext4 Message-ID: <d36406631002100827g71e1db1fxab6416876347f8c3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <87hbpqz8wp.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <4B6ED119.2060308@mailinglist.ahhyes.net> <20100207172150.GA59080@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4B6F4631.6050501@mailinglist.ahhyes.net> <20100208150000.GA62607@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20100208195807.GC8690@guilt.hydra> <87hbpqz8wp.fsf@kobe.laptop>
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On 9 February 2010 16:11, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>wrote: > On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:58:07 -0700, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> > wrote: > >On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 03:00:00PM +0000, Frank Shute wrote: > >> > >> AFAIK, the system compiler is going to be clang in the future and for > >> ports you'll install a compiler from ports. > > > > Can you provide a URL for some discussion of this? I hadn't heard > > that FreeBSD was moving to Clang. > > There are no concrete plans to ditch gcc from the base system. > > The GPLv3 license of GCC and binutils does pose a few interesting > problems. On the other hand, Clang is a nice project, whose license > *is* compatible with a BSD-style license. Several FreeBSD developers > have tried building the base system with it and are active at the > development forums of Clang. > > So it's probably a safe assumption to make that Clang is not ready > *yet*, but may be an interesting alternative to GCC in the near future. > > I believe that CLANG will generate quicker code as well from what I have read about it. Which will be nice
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