Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 18:33:59 +0100 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>, "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gcc Message-ID: <19990305183359.A37263@titan.klemm.gtn.com> In-Reply-To: <31170.920242197@zippy.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 02:49:57PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9902281706480.339-100000@picnic.mat.net> <31170.920242197@zippy.cdrom.com>
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On Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 02:49:57PM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Please keep in mind that if, in our haste, we import a compiler that > > puts instability into FreeBSD, then we've drunk poison. The feature > > A legit concern, but also realize that all of us are talking about > 4.0 here - the new compiler would be an issue we'd have up to a full > year on before the product it's in goes mainstream. If that's not enough > time to work out the compiler issues after switching, I can't imagine > when we WILL have a better time to try and do this then. Progress > entails some pain, and if we're unwilling to suffer any at all then > progress ceases entirely. Agreed. -- Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas What gives you 90% more speed, for example, in kernel compilation ? http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~fsmp/SMP/akgraph-a/graph1.html "NT = Not Today" (Maggie Biggs) ``powered by FreeBSD SMP'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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