From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 4 14:27:44 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mycenae.ilion.eu.org (mycenae.ilion.eu.org [203.35.206.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 915491509D for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 14:27:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from patrykz@ilion.eu.org) Received: from mycenae.ilion.eu.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mycenae.ilion.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA08970; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 09:27:03 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from patrykz@mycenae.ilion.eu.org) Message-Id: <200001042227.JAA08970@mycenae.ilion.eu.org> To: Chuck Robey Cc: mauzi@poli.hu, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OFFTOPIC] alt. C compiler In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 04 Jan 2000 16:52:12 CDT." Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 09:27:01 +1100 From: Patryk Zadarnowski 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. Certainly, although it's still probably the only trully-free C compiler around, and definitely the only more-or-less-free ISO C++ compiler. If anyone is interested, the main TenDRA web site has been down for a while, so I've set up a mirror at http://siliconbreeze.com/TenDRA/. Pat. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message