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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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