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Xref: sserve comp.os.minix:22382 comp.os.386bsd.misc:524 comp.os.386bsd.questions:3352 comp.os.linux:45567 Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!uunet!pipex!uknet!gdt!aber!fronta.aber.ac.uk!pcg From: pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) Subject: Re: Choosing a Unix like OS for a pc In-Reply-To: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI's message of 20 Jun 1993 13: 48:25 +0300 Message-ID: <PCG.93Jun25164008@decb.aber.ac.uk> Sender: news@aber.ac.uk (USENET news service) Nntp-Posting-Host: decb.aber.ac.uk Reply-To: pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) Organization: Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth References: <1993Jun19.125224.17510@colorado.edu> <C8wC29.9qq@world.std.com> <201f9p$kkv@klaava.Helsinki.FI> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 15:40:08 GMT Lines: 21 >>> On 20 Jun 1993 13:48:25 +0300, torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds) said: Linus> In article <C8wC29.9qq@world.std.com> jimr@world.std.com (James A Robinson) writes: Linus> To give minix some credit: Bruce Evans told me he was able to recompile Linus> the kernel in less than one minute if I remember correctly. Of course, Linus> he has a reasonably fast machine and minix sources are smaller, but the Linus> main time-saver is that the minix (and coherent) C-compilers are much Linus> faster than gcc... The Princeton/ATT 'lcc' compiler is extremely small, and much faster than 'gcc'. 'gcc' is a monstrosity. Unfortunately 'lcc' does not come with a 386 code generator; building one by hand or by using one of the various code generator tools that can be adapted to it is reputed to take only a few months of work. I cannot do it; any volunteers? Linus> Not that I would trade the compilers, Well, I would trade 'gcc' for 'lcc' any time.