Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 12:14:59 +0100 (MET) From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: terry@lambert.org, jdp@polstra.com, nate@sneezy.sri.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GAS question Message-ID: <199603171115.MAA09356@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <199603171015.UAA19252@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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> > Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > Oh god, this sucks. > ... > > Variable references are plain old variable references. Why is GCC so > > complicated? > > Optimisation without requiring intimate knowledge of every possible > target platform in the compiler. > > VC++ is targeted to _one_ processor. GCC supports several dozen. This ain't quite true. VC++ is also targeted to Alpha axp and - I don't have my VC++ 4.0 CD handy right now - I believe to other platforms as well. > > Suck on _that_ one, Microsoft. > > > Terry Lambert > > -- > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ > ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ > ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ > ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ > ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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