Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 2 Nov 2000 20:18:36 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: non-gcc linux? (was Re: Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10?) |
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On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 07:07:12PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > 1. There are architectures where some other compiler may do better > > optimizations than gcc. I will cite some examples here, no need to argue > > I think we only care about this when they become free software.
SGI's pro64 is free software and AFAIK is able to compile a kernel on IA64. It is also not clear if gcc will ever produce good code on IA64.
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