Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:45:16 +0100 From: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> To: Sabeeh Baig <baigsabeeh@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler?) Message-ID: <20090115084515.GA91157@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <de2964020901141507m5a30c466ta1e05694d220ce0b@mail.gmail.com> References: <de2964020901141507m5a30c466ta1e05694d220ce0b@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 06:07:48PM -0500, Sabeeh Baig wrote: > There is work being done on PCC, which is already capable of compiling > the OpenBSD and NetBSD userlands. PCC is also quite a bit smaller and > already performs better than GCC. OpenBSD folks are helping with the > development of PCC, so they can replace GCC in the base. That might > be a solution for FreeBSD too, at least as a system compiler. GCC > could be available as an add-on through ports for those who need it. I really dont see any reason why there must be only ONE compiler that can be used to compile FreeBSD. If you will work on making FreeBSD compile with pcc I am sure noone will mind. I am working on clang..... someone else might pick cparser and god knows what else....
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