From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 17 04:29:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA11648 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 17 Mar 1996 04:29:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA11642 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 1996 04:29:35 -0800 (PST) Received: (from narvi@localhost) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.6.12/8.6.12) id OAA04880; Sun, 17 Mar 1996 14:31:47 +0200 Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 14:31:45 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi To: "Christoph P. Kukulies" cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: GAS question In-Reply-To: <199603171115.MAA09356@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 17 Mar 1996, Christoph P. Kukulies wrote: > > > > Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > Oh god, this sucks. > > ... > > > Variable references are plain old variable references. Why is GCC so > > > complicated? > > > > Optimisation without requiring intimate knowledge of every possible > > target platform in the compiler. > > > > VC++ is targeted to _one_ processor. GCC supports several dozen. > > This ain't quite true. VC++ is also targeted to Alpha axp and - I don't > have my VC++ 4.0 CD handy right now - I believe to other platforms as > well. What will alpha axp think of the reference to the eax register? :) > > > > Suck on _that_ one, Microsoft. > > > > > Terry Lambert > > > > -- > > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ > > ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ > > ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ > > ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ > > ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ > > > > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de > Sander Eat good food, preserve nature, be nice to all nice people :)