Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:05:52 -0800 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: Pegasus Mc Cleaft <ken@mthelicon.com> Cc: Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, Michel Talon <talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr>, Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>, Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler?) Message-ID: <496D64A0.1090309@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200901132356.40820.ken@mthelicon.com> References: <20090113044111.134EC1CC0B@ptavv.es.net> <20090113222023.GA51810@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <496D1ED6.4090202@FreeBSD.org> <200901132356.40820.ken@mthelicon.com>
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Pegasus Mc Cleaft wrote: > Would this approach get around the need to have 4.3 installed as a BSD > default? Well, this is workaround not a solution. Sooner or later FreeBSD will hit some principal limitation of the current compiler, like for example it was in the old days of gcc 2.xx, when FreeBSD had stuck with version that was outdated by few years resulting in inability to use any more or less modern C++ code with the system compiler. Existing processors develop all the time (SSE 4.2 for example) and the new architectures emerge (Cell for example), so that it's just matter of time when it happens again. -Maxim
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