Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 21:56:39 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: joelh@gnu.org, rnordier@nordier.com, eivind@yes.no, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fix for undefined "__error" and discussion of shared object versioning Message-ID: <199805290456.VAA00310@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 28 May 1998 13:41:48 MDT." <199805281941.NAA20236@mt.sri.com>
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> [ Replacing GCC with TenDra ] > > > My own concern would be the amount of code in third-party programs > > that uses gccisms. > > Very few programs *should* use gccisms. If they do, they are broke > since they won't build on other OS's compilers. Given that gcc builds and runs just about everywhere, many people would argue that this isn't something they care about. > > I guess I don't see why we're looking to change. > > Better/faster/less buggy compiler with a much less restrictive Copyright > seems like a win overall to me. So far all we've seen is "less restrictive copyright". I'd certainly be happy to see more of the rest, but it has to be understood that we will have to support gcc in one form or another for the foreseeable future. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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