> No, there isn't. I object to targetting GCC specifically for two reasons,
> though, neither of them VMS related:
>
> 1) Targeting a single compiler, no matter whose it is, is a bad idea. We're
> writing in a *language*, not for a compiler. Targeting a specific compiler
> restricts us even more than choosing a language.
Strongly agreed.
> 2) GCC produces slow code on all platforms where there's an alternative.
> Compaq C beats it on Alphas and VAXen, Sun's compiler beats it on SPARC
> machines, and HP's beats it on PA-RISC machines. Heck, Microsoft's compiler
> beats it on x86 chips. (As does Intel's compiler) We want perl fast, and
> crippling it by requiring a particular compiler's a foolish thing.
Yea, truly.
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