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Date:      Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:46:17 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
Cc:        alpha@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Open Watcom compiler
Message-ID:  <20030212084617.GA98667@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030211003353.GA12187@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net>
References:  <20030211003353.GA12187@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net>

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On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 04:33:53PM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> I'm thinking about porting the Open Watcom compiler to FreeBSD. I
> expect the code generator to be better than gcc, but don't know
> yet how it compares to Compaq's compiler.

Surely the Compaq compiler's optimizer will be better.  Why waste the
energy porting Open Watcom, rather than fix all the GCC'isms in /sys that
prevent the use of the Compaq compiler?

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