From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 10 16:27:42 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C106E1065672 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:27:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@googlemail.com) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 528BC8FC16 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:27:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id i36so41324gve.39 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:27:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=6NJo+ePHIIElZ7Bh4TN/CVpo0nmRfLCvDb/M3cKfqDg=; b=K97y53rHWni2U2SKdvou7ok489SdFq7snT6wlme08VAq3g+qH9X54c8RfCkiszDsIT +5W8M8Mks6GjAC/6xdEiKMrUJzL5Kvz26rhN1tdFIIuJ5GaGqsS8rA86B7VMT5dvO5cO 50ydRu5B00anetlMcZrcgee7/aL1dEPDmFCws= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=PS9LQIvrkZYrU4uLvf+uLO6eTq/npYITUOUR67tKYaqBwESgoIlV5JnidJ/IJOMxMV mFZexHa3UdL6rK1+e/HadHpKkOfYRXrRzG4ArdJ0wTJUj1H9H1n+pju0bW1wvDyGkpFA ZWiF/I1UuUtcsQWN+jXao/QvD0cT024k2Rq54= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.155.193 with SMTP id j1mr44755hbc.154.1265819260807; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:27:40 -0800 (PST) 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> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:27:40 +0000 Message-ID: From: krad To: Giorgos Keramidas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, alex Subject: Re: FreeBSD's UFS vs Ext4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:27:42 -0000 On 9 February 2010 16:11, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:58:07 -0700, Chad Perrin > 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