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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.

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\\  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



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