From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 27 10:11:20 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BFF416A402 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:11:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-3-125.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.3.125]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1794313C441 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:11:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l1RABI0C042215; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:11:18 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l1RABIRd042214; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:11:18 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:11:18 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Petrus Message-ID: <20070227101118.GD844@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <000a01c75a4f$3ee32be0$3c9cf03c@owner704ff21d8> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="WRT3RXLOp/bBMgTI" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000a01c75a4f$3ee32be0$3c9cf03c@owner704ff21d8> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The Amsterdam Compiler Kit X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:11:20 -0000 --WRT3RXLOp/bBMgTI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2007-Feb-27 20:11:19 +1100, Petrus wrote: >I was looking for alternate compilers to GCC a couple of days ago, and=20 >ended up finding the Amsterdam Compiler Kit.=20 >(http://sourceforge.net/projects/tack/) I recall this from when I was playing with minix. >I adamantly hope that this is something that FreeBSD could eventually use.= =20 Whilst there is some activity on it, the CVS repository contains a worryingly large number of files that apparently haven't been touched in more than a decade (some haven't been touched in 25 years). Based on a quick rummage around the repository, it doesn't appear to support any current-generation CPUs. The intersection between FreeBSD and TACK appears to consist of solely of the 80486. (There is also an arm tree but I don't know enough about the arm architecture to know if a 15 year old compiler is going to work with current chips). Possibly FreeBSD could eventually use the compiler but it would need a massive amount of work before it could even support the architectures that FreeBSD runs on. That said, the first step would be for someone to create a port of the compiler. Some of the backends may be of interest to people doing legacy or embedded work. --=20 Peter Jeremy --WRT3RXLOp/bBMgTI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFF5APG/opHv/APuIcRAgR4AKCPdBx3WVViGt0+10afnVka9+4cUgCfb4za ZcVHxweMCknMFu6xDLnVgeY= =FNMT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WRT3RXLOp/bBMgTI--