Re: [dev] Optimizing C compiler & c++ compiler/runtime

From: Paul Onyschuk <blink_AT_bojary.koba.pl>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:12:45 +0100

On Fri, 20 Dec 2013 17:31:26 +0100
Sylvain BERTRAND <sylware_AT_legeek.net> wrote:

>
> Oh! What openbsd uses for its man page terminal renderer? I'm
> stuck with the buggy heirloom tools.
>

Mandoc aka mdocml [1].

>
> ARM64 is on its way, which will require a backport in gcc 4.7.x.
>

We will see how it turns out. If AArch64 gets same treatment as ARM
devices, I don't see myself using it: handful of outdated binary blobs
just to get it half-working (no one cares about stability of ABI for
kernel modules).
 
>
> That's very bad. Linux kernel devs have not accepted patches to
> allow compilation with alternative C compilers??
>

You can watch this presentation [2] or check LLVMLinux project
directly [3]. It touches the topic in some way.


[1] http://mdocml.bsd.lv/
[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGr4KghvxqU
[3] http://llvm.linuxfoundation.org/index.php/Main_Page

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Paul Onyschuk
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