On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 10:35:29AM -0500, R. Tyler Ballance wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > >>I was wondering, would it be a stupid and bad idea, for the > >>OpenBSD team to > >>develope, an OpenBSD C compiler based upon the OpenBSD security > >>knowledge > >>and internal standards regarding the language? > > > >yeah we will just drop everything we do now, quit all our jobs, > >send our families and other sos shopping at the mall in zimbabwe, > >not make a release for two years and produce the best compiler > >ever by then of course everybody will stop using openbsd for > >obvious reasons so we can finally all go drinking beer... > > Jeeez, talk about an overreaction to the suggestion. The GNU Compiler > Collection has been something most people "put up with" as opposed to > "enjoy" using. It's not that far fetched of an idea, remember a spin- > off project that the OpenBSD guys are responsible that's become the > most heavily used SSH code on the planet... > > Since nobody else has mentioned TeNDRA project, I might as well: > http://www.tendra.org/ > > If you're interested in a BSD compiler collection, start by helping > them out, it's been dormant (somewhat) but I'm certain it'd just take > a few talented individuals with spare time to really get it going again.
just god damn try it. come back when you can compile and run a "hello world"... cu -- paranoic mickey (my employers have changed but, the name has remained)