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Date:      12 Feb 2003 11:06:30 +0100
From:      Jan Lentfer <Jan.Lentfer@web.de>
To:        alpha@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
Subject:   Re: Open Watcom compiler
Message-ID:  <1045044390.2958.3.camel@neslonek>
In-Reply-To: <20030212084617.GA98667@dragon.nuxi.com>
References:  <20030211003353.GA12187@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net>  <20030212084617.GA98667@dragon.nuxi.com>

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On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 09:46, David O'Brien wrote:
> 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?

What about the legal issues? If I build FreeBSD with the ccc and use it
in an production environment, I would need more then a hobbyist license,
wouldn't I?

Jan

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Jan Lentfer
System Administrator
Molekulare Zellbiologie / AG Holstein, TU Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstr.
10, 64287 Darmstadt



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