Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750760AbWC2E1s (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:27:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750814AbWC2E1s (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:27:48 -0500 Received: from mail07.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.188]:28873 "EHLO mail07.syd.optusnet.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750760AbWC2E1s (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:27:48 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17450.3208.566621.817647@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:26:48 +1100 From: Peter Chubb To: Kyle Moffett Cc: Jan Engelhardt , Eric Piel , Rob Landley , nix@esperi.org.uk, mmazur@kernel.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, llh-discuss@lists.pld-linux.org Subject: Re: [OT] Non-GCC compilers used for linux userspace In-Reply-To: <36A8C3CC-3E4D-4158-AABB-F4D2C66AA8CD@mac.com> References: <200603141619.36609.mmazur@kernel.pl> <20060326065205.d691539c.mrmacman_g4@mac.com> <4426A5BF.2080804@tremplin-utc.net> <200603261609.10992.rob@landley.net> <44271E88.6040101@tremplin-utc.net> <5DC72207-3C0B-44C2-A9E5-319C0A965E9D@mac.com> <36A8C3CC-3E4D-4158-AABB-F4D2C66AA8CD@mac.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 17) "Jumbo Shrimp" XEmacs Lucid Comments: Hyperbole mail buttons accepted, v04.18. X-Face: GgFg(Z>fx((4\32hvXq<)|jndSniCH~~$D)Ka:P@e@JR1P%Vr}EwUdfwf-4j\rUs#JR{'h# !]])6%Jh~b$VA|ALhnpPiHu[-x~@<"@Iv&|%R)Fq[[,(&Z'O)Q)xCqe1\M[F8#9l8~}#u$S$Rm`S9% \'T@`:&8>Sb*c5d'=eDYI&GF`+t[LfDH="MP5rwOO]w>ALi7'=QJHz&y&C&TE_3j! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 675 Lines: 18 >>>>> "Kyle" == Kyle Moffett writes: Kyle> But my question still stands. Does anybody actually use any Kyle> non-GCC compiler for userspace in Linux? Yes. GCC produces much less than optimal code on Itanium, so the Intel compiler often gets used. -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia - 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/