From owner-freebsd-current Thu May 28 14:34:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA00913 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 28 May 1998 14:34:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.camalott.com (root@mail.camalott.com [208.203.140.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA00896 for ; Thu, 28 May 1998 14:34:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from piquan@wcc.net) Received: from detlev.UUCP (tex-135.camalott.com [208.229.74.135] (may be forged)) by mail.camalott.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA04721; Thu, 28 May 1998 15:14:54 -0500 Received: (from joelh@localhost) by detlev.UUCP (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA01671; Thu, 28 May 1998 15:15:44 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from joelh) Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 15:15:44 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199805282015.PAA01671@detlev.UUCP> To: eivind@yes.no CC: rnordier@nordier.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <19980528212713.63593@follo.net> (message from Eivind Eklund on Thu, 28 May 1998 21:27:13 +0200) Subject: Re: Fix for undefined "__error" and discussion of shared object versioning From: Joel Ray Holveck Reply-to: joelh@gnu.org References: <199805271551.RAA11565@ceia.nordier.com> <199805281829.NAA01253@detlev.UUCP> <19980528212713.63593@follo.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >> My own concern would be the amount of code in third-party programs >> that uses gccisms. I guess I don't see why we're looking to change. > Well, here are a couple of points: > * License I'll assume that TenDRA and XANDF are both BSD-license? > * General quality of system (GCC is written under the paradigm 'learn > writing compilers as we go') I can't comment on that one, not having examined the source code to the various compilers. But are the others written by professional compiler writers? > * Possibilities for exploiting the cross-CPU nature of XANDF How are XANDF's cross-cpu capabilities more powerful than gcc's? > * Better error checking/control How do you mean? > * Choice (by being able to be compiled with more than one compiler) I'm definately in agreement on this point. I don't like to be boxed in to *any* software, be it M$, GNU, or BSD. Is the OS compilable with pcc? > They might not be enough to be persuative, but they are at least in > favour. Okay. I'm not familiar enough with the compilers' specs, features, and limitations to make a judgement. So for now I'll gather information before I cast a vote. Best, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message