Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 01:25:32 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Open Watcom compiler Message-ID: <20030212092532.GA20618@ns1.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20030212084617.GA98667@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20030211003353.GA12187@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030212084617.GA98667@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 12:46:17AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 04:33:53PM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > I'm thinking about porting the Open Watcom compiler to FreeBSD. I > > expect the code generator to be better than gcc, but don't know > > yet how it compares to Compaq's compiler. > > Surely the Compaq compiler's optimizer will be better. I don't know. I'd like to see some data on that. > Why waste the > energy porting Open Watcom, rather than fix all the GCC'isms in /sys that > prevent the use of the Compaq compiler? Porting OW will not be a waste of my time. Fixing the gcc'isms will. The former I do out of interest, the latter will only be something I could possibly do because nobody else has an interest in doing it (so far). -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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