Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:23:24 +0100 From: "Svein Skogen (List Mail Account)" <svein-listmail@stillbilde.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler? Message-ID: <4967259C.9090408@stillbilde.net> In-Reply-To: <49671748.3030709@gmx.de> References: <49668763.8020705@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <49671748.3030709@gmx.de>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Christoph Mallon wrote: > O. Hartmann schrieb: >> When will gcc 4.3 incorporated in FreeBSD 8 and become the standard >> compiler suite? We figured out that gcc 4.3 does have a speed gain in >> some numerical code of 3 - 8 % and I guess we can use this in the basic >> OS as well ... > > Number crunching has a totally different execution profile than basic > operating system services. Gains in one area cannot simply be > transferred to the other. Would it be possible, as a "workaround" to have "system-CC" and "ports-CC" defined in make.conf, making one CC the compiler for /usr/src and another for ports, or would this just create debugging nightmares? //Svein -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklnJZwACgkQtVbTV+BEzaPDQACgqOavzljEEcRFsI4tsQXxIuhr ZDMAoJwjZI26U0wEMtdbRgVWMvOkkBgY =NDwj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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