Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 10:21:08 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>, "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gcc Message-ID: <199903051821.KAA49076@apollo.backplane.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9902281706480.339-100000@picnic.mat.net> <31170.920242197@zippy.cdrom.com> <19990305183359.A37263@titan.klemm.gtn.com>
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:On Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 02:49:57PM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: :> > Please keep in mind that if, in our haste, we import a compiler that :> > puts instability into FreeBSD, then we've drunk poison. The feature :> :> A legit concern, but also realize that all of us are talking about :> 4.0 here - the new compiler would be an issue we'd have up to a full :> year on before the product it's in goes mainstream. If that's not enough :> time to work out the compiler issues after switching, I can't imagine :> when we WILL have a better time to try and do this then. Progress :> entails some pain, and if we're unwilling to suffer any at all then :> progress ceases entirely. : :Agreed. : :-- :Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas : What gives you 90% more speed, for example, in kernel compilation ? : http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~fsmp/SMP/akgraph-a/graph1.html : "NT = Not Today" (Maggie Biggs) ``powered by FreeBSD SMP'' : I like idea of being able to choose between two different compilers on the fly -- as in with a kernel config option or a make.conf option. I don't think we can 'replace' gcc in 4.x. It will screw up too many people trying to track down bugs, including me. -Matt Matthew Dillon <dillon@backplane.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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