From owner-freebsd-current Sun Feb 28 19: 9:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mail.eecis.udel.edu (louie.udel.edu [128.175.7.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C4C2314F68 for ; Sun, 28 Feb 1999 19:08:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alexandr@mail.eecis.udel.edu) Received: from ren.eecis.udel.edu by mail.eecis.udel.edu id aa04295; 28 Feb 1999 22:08 EST To: The Hermit Hacker Cc: Chuck Robey , David O'Brien , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: gcc Organization: Mos Eisley Candy Store Reply-To: alexandr@mail.eecis.udel.edu Message-Id: <19990301030911.C4C2314F68@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 19:09:11 -0800 (PST) From: alexandr@mail.eecis.udel.edu Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In Reply to Your Message of Sun, 28 Feb 1999 20: 38:49 -0400 Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 22:08:14 -0500 From: Jerry Alexandratos Message-ID: <199902282208.aa04295@mail.eecis.udel.edu> The Hermit Hacker says: : On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: : : > Your argument about CS students needing the better compiler was true, : > but totally ignored the fact that getting the CS students their compiler : > IS NOT the top priority, especially since ports can do it (did for me). : : Ummmm, you mis-quoted. I agree with your above, and my statement had to : do with an inability of FreeBSD to run on the hardware that we have (IBM : thinkpad laptops) then anything software related (other then : kernel/driver)... I think I take offense to this statement. I've been running FreeBSD on various models of StinkPads for the past two+ years. The combo works (mostly) like a charm too. --Jerry 8) Jerry Alexandratos % - % "Nothing inhabits my (8 8) alexandr@louie.udel.edu % - % thoughts, and oblivion (8 8) darkstar@strauss.udel.edu % - % drives my desires." (8 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message