Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:47:46 -0500 (CDT) From: Kyle Mestery <mestery@winternet.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new compiler? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980814093744.24706A-100000@tundra.winternet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980814101222.1993B-100000@bright.fx.genx.net>
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On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > to support more recent C++ standards by default, do any core team members > have a "favorite" compiler? i'm kinda interested in seeing if i can do > anything to have 3.0 come out with a more current compiler and would like > to know which to look at. (also considering the alpha port) > I would also like to see this happen, and would be willing to help make it happen. > gcc 2.8.1? (i've heard masses of people complain it's buggy) > ecgs (not heard much... but i know it has some interesting optimizations > for i386, and better C++ support) > anything else? > I have heard the opposite. I have heard that egcs is buggy.:) On one of the NetBSD lists, someone said the latest egcs release only compiles decent code on ix86 and sparc platforms. And Terry has said before that the way they handle threads is broken, because you must compile thread support into the compiler. I haven't heard as many bad things about gcc-2.8.1. So, what are the chances of things happening along this front? Also, if we do bring a new compiler into the tree, should we try and bring FreeBSD's shared library mechanism along with it for compatability reasons, or just go strictly elf? -- Kyle Mestery StorageTek's Network Systems Group "I'll take what you're willing to give, and I'll teach myself to live, with a walk-on part of a background shot from a movie I'm not in." - Blink 182, "Apple Shampoo" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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