Martin Bochnig wrote: >Darren J Moffat wrote: > > >>We also now have a fantastic system for building the source with >>multiple compliers. Using multiple different compliers is a great way >>to find "interesting" bugs in the compiler and in the code you are >>building. >> >>Also the Studio compilers are free to use but they are not open source. >> >>The other huge advantage that being able to build with gcc brings is >>when porting to other platforms; using gcc as a cross compiler - which >>is something Studio can't do. The PPC port of OpenSolaris wouldn't >>have gotten very far if this wasn't possible. >> >> >> > >Absolutely, finally! > >DISCLAIMER: I do like gcc (and I refuse to apologize for this). >
And I have the src and can continue to build my custom versions (plus can do with them, what I want in terms of re-distribution). -- Martin Bochnig _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
