On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 07:44:01PM +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: > > Why everyone talks about pcc? Why noone explores other alternatives? > > For instance, Watcom compiler, LLVM or TenDRA? > > I looked away very fast from Watcom when I did so last time. LLVM still > depends on GCC as frontend. I can't comment on the generated code > though. TenDRA doesn't fit into this list very well -- it has a > completely different focus. TenDRA is still a plausible long-term candidate for a system compiler. We could also write a new C frontend for LLVM without too much trouble. The major problem is C++ frontends. -- David A. Holland dholland%netbsd.org@localhost