From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 22 19:43:10 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1729106566B for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:43:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy6-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy6.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6F2138FC0A for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:43:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 28706 invoked by uid 0); 22 Jan 2012 19:43:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy3.bluehost.com with SMTP; 22 Jan 2012 19:43:09 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.com; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=8tfk/97IiTfEcJ9Ia4ykdL6VejF7pXtCIRSaTHrkyP4=; b=T1M+Xlqd786ZAi2XUc9JbfMNcln2BMk4kv2qgXPIxCL2hW9XZFgqjsV4NlmlsRRdHxQO4sfJbqfOw/1/WkCEjgWDqitPWQmY6wejOrqcgCrTbAdUdCA5zI3XS9oOmIb8; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Rp3Jl-00049S-3h for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:43:09 -0700 Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:43:10 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120122194310.GA857@hemlock.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4F1AAB66.5070100@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120121133506.7bcfaec9@gumby.homeunix.com> <20120121154313.53d3fec6@gumby.homeunix.com> <20120122070205.GA13081@hemlock.hydra> <4F1BB640.2050707@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120122074558.GA22918@hemlock.hydra> <4F1BD17C.3030209@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120122123748.GA26579@hemlock.hydra> <4F1C0736.3060802@herveybayaustralia.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F1C0736.3060802@herveybayaustralia.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: Clang - what is the story? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:43:10 -0000 On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:55:18PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > On 01/22/12 22:37, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > >PCC (Portable C Compiler), meanwhile, spent many years essentially unused > >except in some of the dustier corners of Unix user communities before > >being actively developed again as more and more people started wanting a > >copyfree C compiler alternative to the very copyleft GCC. PCC was a big > >deal for a while, and I think most C compilers were based on it to some > >extent in the early '80s, but its influenced waned enough that GCC > >replaced it pretty much everywhere by about the same time DRA went away. > > According to wiki it was "the" compiler for unix- particularly bsd > up to 4.4 (FreeBSD's parent prior to becoming opensource). Yeah, that's pretty much the case. > > > >As things stand now, I don't think anyone is actively developing TenDRA > >(and in fact I wonder if all the more recent work on it has been lost), > > According to wiki there was one person on the job and has grown to a > "team" now- how many I don't know :) As far as I'm aware, there was a "team" for a while, and a fork in the effort, and now both forks have basically died (see my above explanation). After a glance at the Wikipedia article about TenDRA, I think it was only referring to the pre-death period and not "now" for when there is/was a "team". > > Well. Consider me enlightened... ;) I'm glad I could help. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]