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Date:      Mon, 10 Jan 2000 20:36:45 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>
To:        Coleman Kane <cokane@one.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: When does the 4.x branch go stable?
Message-ID:  <20000110203645.D62163@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000110153703.A19250@evil.2y.net>; from cokane@one.net on Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 03:37:03PM -0500
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> Well, GCC 2.95.x can be patched for pentium, ppro, and k6 optimization
> to make your programs run faster and more efficiently. If you could
> compile the base system with it, you would glean more performance from
> the box. If you go to http://www.goof.com/pcg/ you can see what I'm
> talking about, 

Yes, but I have yet to have *anyone* post any numbers that show that
using `pgcc' made their system "faster".

I have heard from people that `pgcc' made this system less stable.
`pgcc' is an experimental testing grounds for new IA-32 optimizations.
This implies the code it produces may not be the most robust.  Me, I'll
only use a world and kernel built by a released version of GCC.


> there is also a port in /usr/ports/lang/pgcc.
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Like no kidding.  Who do you think made that port and maintains it??
Geez.

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-- David    (obrien@NUXI.com)


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