Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler?)

[Roman Divacky]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 06:07:48PM -0500, Sabeeh Baig wrote:
> There is work being done on PCC, which is already capable of compiling
> the OpenBSD and NetBSD userlands.  PCC is also quite a bit smaller and
> already performs better than GCC.  OpenBSD folks are helping with the
> development of PCC, so they can replace GCC in the base.  That might
> be a solution for FreeBSD too, at least as a system compiler.  GCC
> could be available as an add-on through ports for those who need it.

I really dont see any reason why there must be only ONE compiler that
can be used to compile FreeBSD.

If you will work on making FreeBSD compile with pcc I am sure noone
will mind. I am working on clang..... someone else might pick cparser
and god knows what else....