Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 07:44:57 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Peter Mutsaers <plm@simplex.nl> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: internal compiler error Message-ID: <10536.832315497@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "17 May 1996 00:14:30 %2B0200." <87loisb709.fsf@plm.simplex.nl>
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Peter Mutsaers wrote in message ID <87loisb709.fsf@plm.simplex.nl>: > But the newer versions are quite a bit faster. I used to use Linux > until recently and it uses 2.7.2 for everything, so it must be > possible for FreeBSD too. It is a pity to ignore such easy performance > gain. It's POSSIBLE. Just a LOT of work to ensure that any new 2.7.x ``features'' (read: bugs) don't cause problems for the LARGE ammount of code in FreeBSD (Remember, the /usr/src is on the order of 120Mb's ...) It's about the only advantage to the way Linux is packaged (i.e. the kernel is one bit, and you put the rest of what you want around it). It's a lot less work for it to be migrated to a new compiler, as the rest of the bits don't NECESSARILY have to be moved at the same time to using the same compiler version. Since it is likely that there will be ANOTHER release of GCC before 2.2 is out the door (and well before the code freeze starts) I'd probably be more inclined to wait a while and take the new compiler (2.7.3 I believe) if that is the road that is chosen. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD - Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info.
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