Subject: Re: 1.5_Beta on 3100/M76 and MVII (hare and tortoise syndrome)
To: None <port-vax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: John Wilson <wilson@dbit.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 11/06/2000 13:30:35
>From: Lord Isildur <mrfusion@guildvax.guild.net>

>pcc2 is a 
>very nice compiler, and the only thing that is keeping people here from 
>using it is that most of the code these days is ANSI and not K&R and 
>pcc[2] are k&r compilers. Anybody think it might be worthwhile to modify 
>pcc2 to be ansi compatible and then ditch gcc on the VAX?

Just yesterday I stumbled on a CUG abstract for a utility which translates
ANSI C to K&R for solving exactly this problem.  I forget the name, but
anyway, does this sound familiar to anyone and if so do they know if it's
any good?

John Wilson
D Bit