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From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@freebsd.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Anyone compiled a kernel using pgcc?
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 12:24:57 -0500
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Wailer at the Gates of Dawn wrote:
> 
> I compiled the netbsd 1.2 beta kernel with an older pgcc.  While the
> kernel worked just fine, there were no obvious improvements in 
> performance.
>
I do see an improvement on FreeBSD, but it requires fairly sensitive
measurements.  Also, it isn't really worth the risk at this point.
I do use pgcc in userland regularly, and once in a while, run into
problems, it appears to be getting much better.

John
dyson@freebsd.org