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Dimitry Andric wrote:
> On 2010-05-03 12:38, "C. Bergström" wrote:
>   
>> What's really the goal here?  What problem are you working to solve?  
>> May I humbly say that building software with a different compiler in 
>> itself doesn't really accomplish anything.
>>     
>
> Of course it does.  It forces you to make your software portable.
>   
and your point is?

Are you trying to say that s/building/porting/ between compilers is 
going to magically make the software (have less bugs, more performance 
or better robustness)  Porting could be a means-to-an-end, but still 
it's not an end goal.. I'm digging at what's the end goal.. After it's 
all ported what magically happens?