Date: 12 Feb 2003 11:06:30 +0100 From: Jan Lentfer <Jan.Lentfer@web.de> To: alpha@FreeBSD.org Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Subject: Re: Open Watcom compiler Message-ID: <1045044390.2958.3.camel@neslonek> In-Reply-To: <20030212084617.GA98667@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20030211003353.GA12187@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030212084617.GA98667@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 09:46, David O'Brien wrote: > On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 04:33:53PM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > I'm thinking about porting the Open Watcom compiler to FreeBSD. I > > expect the code generator to be better than gcc, but don't know > > yet how it compares to Compaq's compiler. > > Surely the Compaq compiler's optimizer will be better. Why waste the > energy porting Open Watcom, rather than fix all the GCC'isms in /sys that > prevent the use of the Compaq compiler? What about the legal issues? If I build FreeBSD with the ccc and use it in an production environment, I would need more then a hobbyist license, wouldn't I? Jan -- Jan Lentfer System Administrator Molekulare Zellbiologie / AG Holstein, TU Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstr. 10, 64287 Darmstadt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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