:On Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 02:49:57PM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
:> > Please keep in mind that if, in our haste, we import a compiler that
:> > puts instability into FreeBSD, then we've drunk poison. The feature
:>
:> A legit concern, but also realize that all of us are talking about
:> 4.0 here - the new compiler would be an issue we'd have up to a full
:> year on before the product it's in goes mainstream. If that's not enough
:> time to work out the compiler issues after switching, I can't imagine
:> when we WILL have a better time to try and do this then. Progress
:> entails some pain, and if we're unwilling to suffer any at all then
:> progress ceases entirely.
:
:Agreed.
:
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:Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas
: What gives you 90% more speed, for example, in kernel compilation ?
: http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~fsmp/SMP/akgraph-a/graph1.html
: "NT = Not Today" (Maggie Biggs) ``powered by FreeBSD SMP''
:
I like idea of being able to choose between two different compilers
on the fly -- as in with a kernel config option or a make.conf option.
I don't think we can 'replace' gcc in 4.x. It will screw up too many
people trying to track down bugs, including me.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dil...@backplane.com>
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