From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Feb 12 2: 5:14 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4D3137B401 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 02:05:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.web.de (smtp03.web.de [217.72.192.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C51443FAF for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 02:05:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Jan.Lentfer@web.de) Received: from [213.157.11.55] (helo=floundjan.homeip.net) by smtp.web.de with esmtp (WEB.DE(Exim) 4.95 #31) id 18itlN-00050t-00; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:05:09 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost.lan [127.0.0.1]) by floundjan.homeip.net (Postfix on FreeBSD 4.5) with ESMTP id 34A22154; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:05:08 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost.localdomain (neslonek.bio.tu-darmstadt.de [130.83.207.147]) by floundjan.homeip.net (Postfix on FreeBSD 4.5) with ESMTP id 030B0132; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:05:03 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: Open Watcom compiler From: Jan Lentfer To: alpha@FreeBSD.org Cc: Marcel Moolenaar In-Reply-To: <20030212084617.GA98667@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20030211003353.GA12187@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030212084617.GA98667@dragon.nuxi.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.5 Date: 12 Feb 2003 11:06:30 +0100 Message-Id: <1045044390.2958.3.camel@neslonek> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-10 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 -- Jan Lentfer System Administrator Molekulare Zellbiologie / AG Holstein, TU Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstr. 10, 64287 Darmstadt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message