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Subject: Re: non-gcc linux? (was Re: Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10?)
To: Tim@Rikers.org (Tim Riker)
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> 1. There are architectures where some other compiler may do better
> optimizations than gcc. I will cite some examples here, no need to argue

I think we only care about this when they become free software.

> 2. There are architectures where gcc is not yet available, but vendor C
> compilers are.

That need to run Linux - name one ? Why try to solve a problem when it hasn't
happened yet. Let whoever needs to solve it do it. 

Alan


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