Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 12:26:55 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> To: Kyle Mestery <mestery@winternet.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new compiler? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980814122554.2111D-100000@bright.fx.genx.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980814093744.24706A-100000@tundra.winternet.com>
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this will be something quite new to me. i think simplifing it by going elf is a good idea, as the move to elf is expected in the next week anyhow. -Alfred -- Programmer @ HotJobs Inc. [- http://www.hotjobs.com/ -] |-- There are operating systems, and then there's BSD. \-- http://www.freebsd.org/ On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Kyle Mestery wrote: > On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > to support more recent C++ standards by default, do any core team members > > have a "favorite" compiler? i'm kinda interested in seeing if i can do > > anything to have 3.0 come out with a more current compiler and would like > > to know which to look at. (also considering the alpha port) > > > I would also like to see this happen, and would be willing to help make it > happen. > > > gcc 2.8.1? (i've heard masses of people complain it's buggy) > > ecgs (not heard much... but i know it has some interesting optimizations > > for i386, and better C++ support) > > anything else? > > > I have heard the opposite. I have heard that egcs is buggy.:) On one of > the NetBSD lists, someone said the latest egcs release only compiles > decent code on ix86 and sparc platforms. And Terry has said before that > the way they handle threads is broken, because you must compile thread > support into the compiler. I haven't heard as many bad things about > gcc-2.8.1. > > So, what are the chances of things happening along this front? Also, if > we do bring a new compiler into the tree, should we try and bring > FreeBSD's shared library mechanism along with it for compatability > reasons, or just go strictly elf? > > -- > Kyle Mestery > StorageTek's Network Systems Group > > "I'll take what you're willing to give, and I'll teach myself to live, > with a walk-on part of a background shot from a movie I'm not in." > - Blink 182, "Apple Shampoo" > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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