Re: gEDA-user: Icarus Verilog building from CVS

[Dave McGuire <mcguire-atMUNGEDneurotica_dot_com>]

On Aug 6, 2004, at 7:52 PM, John Sheahan wrote:
>> What I'm attempting to do here is fix the build process problems for 
>> for
>> non GCC compilers.
>>
> What sorts of gains do you hope for, adding more compilers?

   - compatibility with other platforms (there are machines other than 
x86 boxes out there)
   - compatibility with compilers whose output is much faster than GCC

   Despite its popularity in the x86 world, GCC generates horrid code on 
most, if not all, modern RISC platforms.  The vendor-supplied compilers 
represent a tremendous amount of in-the-know optimization and 
well-funded development that is specific to their processor 
architectures.  The GCC team has been focusing on x86, to the detriment 
of other architectures, for years.

   Now don't get me wrong...I am anti-commercial-software to the point 
where I don't allow most of it to touch my network.  But vendor 
compilers, for the most part, are really Where It's At(tm) if you want 
any real performance out of a modern, fast processor.

          -Dave

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