Was PCC ever considered?

[Lowell Gilbert]

Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh at kathe.in> writes:

> Since FreeBSD uses Clang/LLVM (which is kind-a huge) I wondered if PCC
> was ever considered during the GCC days or even while contemplating
> the switch to Clang/LLVM.
>
> If PCC was considered but rejected, may I know the reasons and
> rationale for the same?

The standard compiler for a POSIX system has to be able to build its
kernel. PCC has never come close to being able to do that on *any*
operating system with which I am familiar.