Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 15:28:55 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Fred Clift <fclift@verio.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Open Watcom compiler Message-ID: <3E498737.22D2187A@mindspring.com> References: <20030211140121.M19793-100000@vespa.dmz.orem.verio.net>
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Fred Clift wrote: > So you are saying there is a significant drive to move to tendra rather > than gcc? > > Sure everyone gripes about gcc, but there are a LOT of gccisms in the code > - it would be a major undertaking to mvoe to a new compiler. > > Would you care to lists the bennefits of doing this? #1: It will shut up the gripes about GCC (everyone) #2: It will shut up the gripes about the GPL (mostly commercial interests) #3: It will make it easier to port FreeBSD to a new platform, where GCC is not currently supported: A: No need to become the GCC maintainer for that platform, and be license-bound to provide an FTP archive for a year and a half B: No need to chase bugs, not knowing if it's the OS or the compiler that's at fault, only to find out later that it's the compiler. #4: It will enable the use of compilers which generate better code for a given platform than GCC could ever hope to generate in the next 10 years (e.g. Compaq CC for Alpha, ICC for Intel Pentium 4 and IA64 architectures, SunSoft compiler for SPARC) #5: It will end threads like this one in the mailing lists -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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