From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Mar 18 20:54:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE83037B68D for ; Sat, 18 Mar 2000 20:54:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA24238; Sat, 18 Mar 2000 21:54:04 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000318214408.03ef4f00@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 21:54:01 -0700 To: "Thomas M. Sommers" From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD" Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <38D446A5.D18F22A@mail.ptd.net> References: <4.2.2.20000317173928.040fec50@localhost> <4.2.2.20000317234800.03e7c380@localhost> <4.2.2.20000318180821.03e7d550@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 08:16 PM 3/18/2000 , Thomas M. Sommers wrote: > > The existence of a BSD-licensed compiler would allow companies to > > add value without starting from scratch. > >Which companies? Borland doesn't have to start from scratch. Nor do Unix vendors >that already have their own compilers. True. But they still can't derive from header files or the OS source. And they can't track the free compiler by looking at what's been added; they must reimplement each new feature on their own. This is redundant and wasteful. >And what value could be added? Either the compiler meets the standard or it >doesn't. I'm talking about adding value to the BSD-licensed code -- for example, by adding optimization or speeding up compilation. >Adding "features" to the language would just break portability. To the language -- yes. To the toolchain -- no. > > Their C compiler isn't obsolete. > >Not the compiler per se, but a command-line compiler without an IDE. That's not obsolete either. Many people ALWAYS WILL prefer to use make and the editor of their choice. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message