Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 16:44:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 16:44:11 -0500 Received: from [81.2.122.30] ([81.2.122.30]:60937 "EHLO darkstar.example.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 16:44:10 -0500 From: John Bradford Message-Id: <200302042154.h14LsYlQ003240@darkstar.example.net> Subject: Re: gcc 2.95 vs 3.21 performance To: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 21:54:34 +0000 (GMT) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: from "Linus Torvalds" at Feb 04, 2003 09:38:48 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 693 Lines: 15 > I'd love to see a small - and fast - C compiler, and I'd be willing to > make kernel changes to make it work with it. How IA-32 centric would your prefered compiler choice be? In other words, if a small and fast C compiler turns up, which lacks support for some currently ported to architectures, are you likely to encourage kernel changes which will make it difficult for the other architectures that have to stay with GCC to keep up? John. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/