Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 12:54:57 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> Cc: amd64@FreeBSD.org, toolchain@FreeBSD.org, Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org>, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@felyko.com>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: [CFT] gcc: support for barcelona Message-ID: <20130528195457.GA52250@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <3C29AD82-077D-4E6B-94C7-5D069A130348@FreeBSD.org> References: <51A38CBD.6000702@FreeBSD.org> <E9DC99EF-F2E9-4A5F-8370-36DA25DE2C89@felyko.com> <51A3B8AB.5080808@FreeBSD.org> <521EEFA1-E116-41F5-B618-238E7AA092A8@bsdimp.com> <3C29AD82-077D-4E6B-94C7-5D069A130348@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 07:10:23PM +0100, David Chisnall wrote: > On 28 May 2013, at 18:40, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > > That's not going to happen soon. While it works OK for amd64, there's still many bugs in its ARM support and even more in its MIPS support. There's 0 chance it will be gone in 10... > > I disagree. There is a significant chance that gcc in base > will be gone for all Tier 1 platforms in 10.0. There are > still some reasons to want gcc installed, but there are no > compelling reasons to want an ancient version of gcc installed > on x86[-64] or ARM. For people who need gcc, the ports > collection provides a selection of recent versions. > > David I surely hope not! Until the individuals pushing the change to clang actually tests clang on floating point intensive applications, it is IMHO dubious to even have clang as the default compiler. Just the latest example: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-numerics/2013-May/000354.html -- Steve
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