Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 16:38:27 +0100 From: Mike Doyle <relyod@cooperationireland.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cygnus compiler? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20010703163827.0082e370@199.107.2.1> In-Reply-To: <20010703172715.W40756@lpt.ens.fr> References: <20010703144315.A37456@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010703144315.A37456@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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The other thing it might be referring to is the "Cygwin" compiler used to port unix utils to Windows. (A free compiler for Win32 environments) I don't know all the details, and Cygwin may or may not be based on some version of GCC, but its certainlt available from the RH website family. ;-) At 17:27 03/07/01 +0200, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: >> I saw a note that RH Linux aquired the Cygnus compiler. What is the deal >> with this? How is it different/better/worse than gcc? > >How about posting URLs? > >FWIW, Red Hat acquired Cygnus, compiler and all, quite a while ago >(soon after their IPO days when they had a lot of paper money). They >also included a "non-official" gcc (called gcc-2.96-RH or some such >thing) with their 7.0 and 7.1 releases, because gcc-2.95.x wasn't good >enough (particularly for C++) and gcc-3.0 wasn't ready. Maybe that's >what you're thinking of. gcc-3.0 has now been released, and though >Red Hat got a lot of flak (even from the gcc developers) for "jumping >the gun", it is possible that the additional feedback helped gcc3 get >finished faster. > >R > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > <>< ============================================================= ><> Michael Doyle email: relyod@cooperationireland.org Network Administrator personal email: relyod@indigo.ie Co-operation Ireland http://www.cooperationireland.org/ Phone: +353-1-661 0588 Fax: +353-1-661 8456 ********************************************************************* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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