Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:47:27 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.org, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Subject: Re: Open Watcom compiler Message-ID: <3E4B154F.1AF998DA@mindspring.com> References: <20030211003353.GA12187@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030212084617.GA98667@dragon.nuxi.com> <3E4A137E.72B1DEB0@mindspring.com> <20030213030745.GA42635@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien wrote: > > Won't porting to the Open Watcom compiler result in the same things > > being fixed, with the additional advantage that the compiler can > > be made native for FreeBSD, rather than running under Linux > > emulation, and it can target multiple platforms, not just Alpha? > > *shrug* We've had alternate compilers for a long time -- TenDRA, Compaq > Alpha compiler, Intel C compiler. Yet no one has ever removed the > GCC'isms. What is so special about the existance of yet another > alternate compiler? This one is closer to the feature set that's needed for compiling FreeBSD self-hosted, and the source code's available? Someone's willing to fill in the missing pieces of the compiler? -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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