From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Message-Id: <200304071850.h37IoR5u006587@cvs.openbsd.org>
To: rog@vitanuova.com
Cc: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] fast compilers
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 07 Apr 2003 18:10:32 BST."
             <bd525c545ba7fe2d9c6641953a77c609@vitanuova.com>
From: Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>
Date: Mon,  7 Apr 2003 12:50:27 -0600
Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8b9b433a-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025

and since it is gpl, we cannot, and will not switch to it.

i have tried to make this clear to various people, in an attempt to
convince them that a bigger picture view would be good.  if it was bsd
licensed, everyone could use it, and we would have some competition
for gcc.  we would try to improve it -- we would try to switch to it.

but if it is gpl, we will not.

> mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca wrote:
> > to quote:
> [...]
> > > > gcc 3.2.1 is TWICE AS SLOW as gcc 2.95, and the more recent development
> [...]
> > I wish the plan9 compiler was 100% free.  It's blazingly fast.
>
> the inferno version of the plan 9 C compiler, which is almost
> identical to the plan 9 version, is distributed under the same
> license as gcc.
>
>   cheers,
>     rog.
>