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PCC: Portable C Compiler Isn't Quick To Advance
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I wrote a patch a month or two ago to enable PCC to build with Clang, but I forgot to upstream it. I will send that upstream today. Thanks for the reminder.
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If memory serves, there were two main reasons for the interest in resurrecting PCC:
- A general interest in heirloom code, whether because of simple nostalgia or because such code is believed to be simpler and thus more minimalist. As far as I know, PCC is satisfying this interest quite well enough already.
- The BSD projects' distaste for GPLv3 had them looking for alternatives to GCC. PCC was briefly considered, but eventually lost out to Clang/LLVM because that project was much further along in meeting the needs of most current software.
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I think waiting for C++ support is missing the point. PCC is a C compiler.
Actually I am impressed of its performance considering that its competitors are backed by such a huge body of developers. PCC can already build Open- and FreeBSD so it is definitely capable. If only someone could crack this challenge
things could get interesting
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