Re: Compiler support

I should also mention that Sun now has a version of GCC 4.x on their 
website that is back-ended with their SPARC code generator.  In other 
words, a version of GCC that probably produces much better binary output 
for SPARC than the normal GCC.

-Derek


On Thu, 10 May 2007, Lars Tunkrans wrote:

> Ananth A wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> i am new to this list and was going through some of the list archives.
>>
>> i have a question regarding which compiler to use/support for kde
>> since i couldnt figure out if a consensus was reached or not.
>>
>> gcc, suncc or both ?
>>
>> before i start compiling/testing the kde sources, which compiler would
>> you recommend to use ???
>>
>> i am assuming that gcc/g++ would be easier since most of linux/bsd
>> folks would use gcc and would require less patch work of the default
>> svn code.
>>
>> does opensolaris require full support compiled under sun studio also
>> for running kde or would a binary from gcc be good enough ??
>>
>> is there any technical advantage of using one compiler over the other ??
>>
>>
>> i am currently running belenix on an athlon xp machine.
>>
>>
>
>    Lots of people have  compiled  KDE  with GCC   including  myself.
>  It is not  difficult, basically no Patches  at  all  is needed  not
> even using a SPARC workstation.
>
>
>  GCC  is included in Solaris/OpenSolaris   as      /usr/sfw/bin/gcc
>
> $ uname -a
> SunOS shuttle 5.11 snv_63 i86pc i386 i86pc
> $ pwd
> /usr/sfw/bin
> $ ./gcc -v
> Reading specs from /usr/sfw/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.11/3.4.3/specs
> Configured with: /builds1/sfwnv-gate/usr/src/cmd/gcc/gcc-3.4.3/configure
> --prefix=/usr/sfw --with-as=/usr/sfw/bin/gas --with-gnu-as
> --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld --without-gnu-ld
> --enable-languages=c,c++,f77,objc --enable-shared
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-20050802)
>
>
>  Sun's Studio Compilers (  which are now free for  Sun Devloper Network
> members )
>     http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/downloads/
>
>  And also included  in Solaris Express Developer Edition
>
> $ cd /opt/SUNWspro/bin
> $ ./cc -V
> cc: Sun C 5.9 SunOS_i386 Build40_1 2007/02/08
>
>
>  The studio compilers  has  always  generated faster  binaries  than GCC
>  although  GCC has picked up speed during the latter years.
>
>   The latest  Studio 11  and Studio 12 ( Beta )    releases  have
> rolled out
>   Improved  support  for AMD processors  including  SSE2/3DNOW  support ,
>  small  and medium  Memory models  ( medium is for apps  larger than  2
> GB  memory  footprint )
>  and  automatic parallelization of code  for multicore CPU  systems.
>
>
> Stefan Teleman   has literally spent years   at building  KDE with
> sunstudio  and you will find
> links to where  all his pathces  are held in the KDE-Solaris  mailing
> list archives.
>
> //Lars
>
>
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