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Date:      Tue, 08 May 2001 01:10:34 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        "Juha Saarinen" <juha@saarinen.org>
Cc:        "Kris Kennaway" <kris@obsecurity.org>, "Nuno Teixeira" <nuno.mailinglists@pt-quorum.com>, "Guilherme Oliveira" <guilherme@nortenet.pt>, "FreeBSD Stable" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: CFLAGS Optimization 
Message-ID:  <200105080810.f488AYi01702@mass.dis.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 08 May 2001 20:00:34 %2B1200." <KPECIILENDDLPCNIMLOFCENMCDAA.juha@saarinen.org> 

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> :: The risk is the same in Linux; they both use gcc, and it's gcc which
> :: has the optimizer bugs.  It's more common to use absurd gcc
> :: optimizations in the Linux community for some reason (perhaps they're
> :: used to code misbehaving, so additional brokenness from the gcc
> :: doesn't add much ;-)
> ::
> :: Just Say No.
> 
> Hrrmm... that's tantamount to saying Linux and FreeBSD has a fundamentally
> b0rken compiler.

It would be more accurate to say that Linux and FreeBSD have a compiler 
with optimiser bugs, but that's widely known.  Don't sound so surprised. 8)
-- 
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also.  But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view.  [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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