Subject: Re: GCC>3.0 NetBSD/PPC support
To: Xavier HUMBERT <xavier@xavhome.fr.eu.org>
From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 07/09/2001 13:37:22
The sole purpose of this patch is to address the long standing bug that 
GCC doesn't build out-of-the-box on NetBSD/PowerPC.

	enjoy,
		Andrew


> Well, I surely won't scream .... but : it is a very known fact that the
> PowerPC back-end in gcc is not highly optimised. A friend of mine made
> benches between gcc, Metrowerks, and MrC, it was obvious. Not to mention
> the pityful performances in the kernel, as well as in the userland of
> Drawin aka MacOS X. (Please, Manu, don't feed my troll ;-)
> 
> So, the point is : what is new in gcc 3 ? A new front end, or a better
> back end ? I've too little knoledge in compiler design to infer
> anything from the diff you posted.
> 
> Considering that, though beeing kinda standard in open source, gcc has
> a lot of non-ansi extensions, that makes porting code from gcc a pain,
> as an ordinary programmer I don't need brand new pragmas or weird
> declarative statements none else uses.