pcc imported into Net/OpenBSD

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One of the original C compilers (written at bell labs in 1970s) has been imported in both NetBSD and OpenBSD src trees.  Its of course under the BSDL - one of the main motivations of adopting the compiler.  It's been said to be better designed and faster than the gcc (not surprisingly, since it was designed for the PDP11!).  Of course, and expected, its also presently very limited in features.  OpenBSD developers have modified it into a C99 compliant compiler.  I can see this compiler being a major competitor to gcc and other free compilers a couple years from now.  I expect all BSDs (including OS X) to re-adopt it at some point (apparently it was last used in 4.3 BSD Reno).  Pretty crazy eh?

Links
http://www.ludd.ltu.se/~ragge/pcc/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_C_Compiler
http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20070915195203&mode=flat&count=0
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/pcc/