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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!hunter.premier.net!op.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!palowoda From: palowoda@netcom.com (Bob Palowoda) Subject: Re: gcc 2.7.2p vs. gcc 2.6.3 Message-ID: <palowodaDvBBCH.n2M@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <4sl70i$301@bofh.noc.best.net> <ANDREAS.96Jul25171904@sunny.gun.de> Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 16:05:05 GMT Lines: 30 Sender: palowoda@netcom19.netcom.com Andreas Klemm (andreas@sunny.gun.de) wrote: : In article <4sl70i$301@bofh.noc.best.net> rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri) writes: : > From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri) : > Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc : > Date: 18 Jul 1996 04:26:10 -0700 : > Organization: fidgety systems administrators gmbh : > : > I've installed the pgcc port and i've used it sparingly; while i know : > that replacing the system binaries with new stuff is usually not a : > good idea, i still wondered as to whether, since pgcc claims to be : > optimized for the Pentium chip, would there be any significant : > improvement if it were made the system default C compiler? : I think pgcc isn't mature enough to make it to the default compiler ! : Another disadvantage is, that a 'make world' doesn't run without : errors. I think you should wait, until gcc-2.7.3 will be released. : If I remember right, the new gcc will be included into -current sooner : or later ;) Ummm, gcc hasn't had a release sence Nov 95. They must have died or something. ---Bob -- +--------------------------------------------------------+ | palowoda@fiver.sns.com http://fiver.sns.com/~palowoda/ | | Solaris x86 Corner http://fiver.sns.com/ | +--------------------------------------------------------+