From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 4 13:53:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B3BF14A2C for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:53:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA28657; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:52:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:52:12 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey To: Patryk Zadarnowski Cc: mauzi@poli.hu, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OFFTOPIC] alt. C compiler In-Reply-To: <200001042140.IAA08587@mycenae.ilion.eu.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Patryk Zadarnowski wrote: > > Hi, > > > > is there any alternative (non-commercial) C compiler to use, or is gcc the > > best? > > > > I have just upgraded my system to -current w/egcs 2.95.2 and I have > > several problems with it, especially when using optimizations (-O2 and > > such) > > > > ok I know there's the good old gcc 2.7.2.3 but a good BSD-licensed > > compiler would be nice =) > > Check out TenDRA in the ports tree. Unfortunately, most ppl tend to > use GCC extensions a lot, so you won't be able to replace gcc, but > TenDRA certainly is a solid alternative. With the understanding that using Tendra just for the kernel will be painful, but (if you're determined) doable. If you want it for building world, you better make prior reservations at the local mental health clinic, because YOU WILL NEED IT before you get that done. > > Pat. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, New Year's Resolution: I | electronics, communications, and will not sphroxify gullible| signal processing. people into looking up | I run picnic.mat.net: FreeBSD-current(i386) and fictitious words in the | jaunt.mat.net : FreeBSD-current(Alpha)| dictionary. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message