Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:11:15 -0800 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@tutopia.com> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler?) Message-ID: <496A98B3.1010301@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <342292.89033.qm@web32703.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <61484.71762.qm@web32708.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20090111044448.GC5661@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <342292.89033.qm@web32703.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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>>... the FreeBSD base system should come complete with the >>necessary tools to build/install itself. > > OK, I quite agree it's not the same as perl: C is not something we cannot depend on. You can easily install FreeBSD without a C compiler or other build tools. There's very little reason to do so in a typical desktop/server installation, which is why this capability is used almost exclusively by people building embedded systems or special-use CD-bootable systems. But even in those environments, this concern is fading: multi-gigabyte flash parts and bootable DVDs and USB keys are becoming pretty common. Tim
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