From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 17:52:50 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB1F31065674 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:52:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rdivacky@vlk.vlakno.cz) Received: from vlakno.cz (77-93-215-190.static.masterinter.net [77.93.215.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 617A18FC20 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:52:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rdivacky@vlk.vlakno.cz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vlakno.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7EDD9CB059; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:52:30 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at vlakno.cz Received: from vlakno.cz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lev.vlakno.cz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id B12VGn0gESP3; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:52:28 +0100 (CET) Received: from vlk.vlakno.cz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vlakno.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91B319CB064; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:52:28 +0100 (CET) Received: (from rdivacky@localhost) by vlk.vlakno.cz (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id n0EHqSND055266; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:52:28 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rdivacky) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:52:28 +0100 From: Roman Divacky To: Michel Talon Message-ID: <20090114175228.GA54368@freebsd.org> References: <20090113044111.134EC1CC0B@ptavv.es.net> <20090113222023.GA51810@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <496D1ED6.4090202@FreeBSD.org> <200901132356.40820.ken@mthelicon.com> <496D64A0.1090309@FreeBSD.org> <20090114091342.GA19986@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <5d6848b00901140821s61599c9vb3f91f75142d0481@mail.gmail.com> <20090114172033.GA29254@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090114172033.GA29254@lpthe.jussieu.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Kevin Wilcox , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:52:51 -0000 > advantage. If it appears at some moment that llvm works well and produces code > as fast as gcc, for all the platforms of interest for the FreeBSD people, > i have no doubt that they will switch immediately. But one of the aims of the day is already here... llvm produces roughly the same quality of code and it has promises of delivering even much better code in near future. llvm does not have to maintain 20 years old cruft and is based on modern development methods. there are even reports of llvm producing significantly better code (for bzip2 iirc etc.)