Subject: Re: GCC to retire VAX support!?
To: Brian Hechinger <wonko@4amlunch.net>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 06/18/2002 09:56:23
On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 12:33:21PM -0400, Brian Hechinger wrote:

 > since 3.x has only mostly sucked so far, i would say that the correct action
 > is to branch 2.95.x off and run with it ourselves.  and maybe make it ANSI
 > compliant while we are at it (been porting GCC useable code to MIPSpro and
 > Forte lately, i'm really starting to hate GCC-isms more than i ever have)

3.x has some important stuff that 2.95.x will never have.  And forking
off the compiler goes against one of the NetBSD Project goals (we're
trying very hard to use minimally-modified versions of the GNU tools).

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>