gcc

[Anton Shterenlikht]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 05:16:38PM +0200, Eduardo wrote:
> At 16:49 31/03/2011, you wrote:
> >On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 09:37:53AM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote:
> >> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:10:44PM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Gary Dunn <knowtree at aloha.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > When will we bump the version of gcc? On my fresh 8.2 build 
> >it is 4.2.1.
> >> > > The ports tree has newer, up to 4.7.0 dated 19 Mar 2011.
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > Probably never, as GPL 3 code isn't allowed in the base 
> >system.  There have
> >> > been some optimizations backported to gcc in CURRENT that add 
> >in stuff like
> >> > newer instruction sets I believe.
> >>
> >> eg.  If you want a newer gcc, such as the one in ports, then go
> >> ahead and install it.   The system uses a FreeBSD c compiler, not gcc.
> >
> >What is FreeBSD c compiler?
> >Isn't it GCC?
> 
> Now yes, but FreeBSD needs an iso c'99 compiler and source code is 
> iso oriented, not gcc, afaik gcc hacks and code that only compiles on 
> gcc can't be commited, there's a mailing list for iso99 compatibility 
> checks. gcc is one of them, but there are others. 9.0-CURRENT uses 
> llvm but in theory you can use anyone, even tcc.

Are you saying GCC doesn't comply with ISO standard(s)?


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