Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 21:37:32 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: Peter Mutsaers <plm@simplex.nl> Cc: nate@sri.MT.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: make world with gcc version 2.7.2 or pgcc 2.7.2.9? Message-ID: <199605180337.VAA00504@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199605171648.SAA04818@plm.simplex.nl> References: <199605170437.WAA25870@rocky.sri.MT.net> <199605171648.SAA04818@plm.simplex.nl>
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> NW> 'probably bogus' and faster code. Since there are known bugs, > NW> given a system the size of FreeBSD the possibility of the bug > NW> being tickled *somewhere* is high. And, given that the speedups > NW> for stock gcc aren't stupendous (unlike pgcc which can be quite > NW> high, but the code generation is suspect in many cases) it's not > NW> worth it. > > Hmm. Do the pentium patches introduce new bugs? Definitely.
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