Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 19:18:54 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Was PCC ever considered? Message-ID: <44imw19sm9.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <cf58b955062e3ca67764121229c73a5d@kathe.in> (Mayuresh Kathe's message of "Fri, 29 Mar 2019 02:07:05 %2B0530") References: <cf58b955062e3ca67764121229c73a5d@kathe.in>
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Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> writes: > Since FreeBSD uses Clang/LLVM (which is kind-a huge) I wondered if PCC > was ever considered during the GCC days or even while contemplating > the switch to Clang/LLVM. > > If PCC was considered but rejected, may I know the reasons and > rationale for the same? The standard compiler for a POSIX system has to be able to build its kernel. PCC has never come close to being able to do that on *any* operating system with which I am familiar.
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