Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:32:15 -0800 From: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> Cc: "<freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: * Re: Clang - what is the story? Message-ID: <141AB519-A80F-4BF3-BEB3-4D5943394F88@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <201201221438.q0MEcYov066825@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <201201221438.q0MEcYov066825@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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On Jan 22, 2012, at 6:38 AM, Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> wrote:
>=20
> Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote:
>=20
>> I personally had no idea this was going on; my impression was gcc grew=
=20
>> out of the original compiler that built unix, and the only choices were=
=20
>> borland and gcc. The former for win32 crap and the latter for, well,=20
>> everything else.
>=20
> "Once upon a time", there were _many_ alternatives for C compilers.
> Commercial -- i.e. 'you pay for it', or bundled with a pay O/S -- offeri=
ngs
> included (this is a _partial_ list, ones _I_ have personal knowledge of):
>=20
> PCC -- (the original one0 medium-lousy code but the code-generator was=
=20
> easily adapted to new/diferent hardwre
> Green Hills Softwaware (used by a number of unix hardare manufacturers)
> Sun Microsystems developed their own ("acc")
> Silicon Graphics, Inc
> Hewlett-Packard
> Symantic (Think C -- notable for high-performance on early Apple Mac's,
> significantly better than Apple's own MPW)
Ah, MPW... I knew ye well.
But don't forget Metrowerks CodeWarrior
Though, I preferred the finicky-ways of MPW (requiring explicit headers) to=
the fast-and-loose ways of MCW.
--=20
Devin
> Manx Software ("Aztec C" -- a 'best of breed' for MS-DOS)
> Microsoft
> Intel
> CCS
> Watcom
> Borland
> Zortech
> Greenleaf Software
> Ellis Computing (specializing in 'budget' compilers, circa $30 pricetags)
> "Small C"
> tcc -- the 'tiny C compiler
>=20
>=20
> I'm sure others can name ones I've overlooked.
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