On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Nigel Horne wrote:
> On Thursday 06 November 2003 8:06 pm, Ed Phillips wrote:
>
> > I'd still like to get the "gcc favoritism" stripped out, so we can use Sun
> > Forte to compile it, but that will take time... and we're very busy here,
> > so recompiling software for "fun" may not be feasible right now... ;-)
>
> The trouble is that the Sun compiler isn't free and I can't afford to buy a
> copy.
That doesn't mean that ClamAV can't strive to be "compiler-neutral"... I
would guess that some shops do not allow or don't want to use "free
software" compilers for various reasons. We like to use the Sun Forte
compiler because a) we have it, b) it generally produces better code than
gcc for Sparc on Solaris, c) it has dbx and other tools which are
superior to gdb/etc. on Solaris, d) we have contract support - if it
doesn't work correctly, we can get someone to fix it.
Cheers,
Ed
Ed Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Delaware (302) 831-6082
Systems Programmer III, Network and Systems Services
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