Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:13:06 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Hartmut Brandt <hartmut.brandt@dlr.de> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.ltu.se> Subject: Re: Compiling with another compiler than gcc. Message-ID: <20070917191306.GA13449@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <46EEC9AB.2010805@dlr.de> References: <46EAA12D.4090207@ludd.ltu.se> <46EEC9AB.2010805@dlr.de>
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On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 08:38:35PM +0200, Hartmut Brandt wrote.. > Anders Magnusson wrote: > >It is not yet bug-free, but it can compile the i386 userspace. The big > >benefit of it > >(apart from that it's BSD licensed, for license geeks :-) is that it is > >fast, 5-10 times > >faster than gcc, while still producing reasonable code. The only > > When reading the name pcc my first thought was: isn't that the compiler > that was distributed on later Unix V7 tapes? And yes, the web-page says > it is based on that one. I'm quite sure that the original code had no > BSD copyright, so I wonder how it obtained one? For the rewritten code > there is no question, but what for the remaining original code? Has it > been relicensed by the original author? > > It's interesting that the compiler is so much faster than gcc. I > remember that it was around 3-5 times slower than the dmr compiler under > V7. This tells a lot about gcc's speed :-( Wanna try if that is still the case? I can drag the uPDP 11/73 from my basement. 2BSD on it and all that. 8-) -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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